Military power of Romania & Peninsula Shield Force
Romania vs Peninsula Shield Force
Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe with an area of 238,391 km2 (land boundries: 2,844 km and costline 225 km). The capital of Romania is Bucharest. The number of inhabitants is 19,317,984.
Romania became a member of NATO in 2004. Romania conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014. Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional and a brigade-sized headquarters. The inventory of the Romanian Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Soviet-era and older domestically-produced weapons systems.
More about Romania militaryThe Peninsula Shield Force is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members of PSF: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. As of March 2011, the Peninsula Shield Force was commanded by Saudi Major General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima and has about 40 thousand troops.
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Military expenditures
RO | PSF | |
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Military budget: | 8.7 billion $ | 105.4 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.5% | 0% |
Manpower
RO | PSF | |
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Active personnel: | 68,500 | 696,550 |
Reserve personnel: | 53,000 | 520,000 |
Available for military: | 5,601,234 | 11,870,201 |
Land Forces
RO | PSF | ||
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Tanks: | 440 | 1,767 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,352 | 16,249 | |
Total artillery: | 1,355 | 3,040 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 53 | 739 | |
Rocket artillery: | 207 | 407 |
Air Forces
RO | PSF | ||
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Total aircraft: | 165 | 2,122 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 23 | 141 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 14 | 255 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 157 | |
Helicopters: | 69 | 793 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 6 |
Navy
RO | PSF | ||
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Total naval: | 55 | 205 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 3 | 11 | |
Corvettes: | 7 | 21 | |
Submarines: | 1 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Romania
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Peninsula Shield Force
Data not available
Military service
Romania
18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; conscription ended 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36.
Peninsula Shield Force
Data not available