Military power of Romania & United Kingdom
Romania vs United Kingdom
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 militaryUnited Kingdom is a country located in Western Europe with an area of 242,495 km2 (land boundries: 499 km and costline 12,429 km). The capital of United Kingdom is London. The number of inhabitants is 67,886,004.
the UK is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. The UK is also a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements reached in 1971 embracing also Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore. The inventory of the British military is comprised of a mix of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. The Uunited States is the leading supplier of armaments. United Kingdom defense industry is capable of producing a wide variety of weapons systems and is one of the world's top weapons suppliers.
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Military expenditures
RO | GB | |
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Military budget: | 8.7 billion $ | 75 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.5% | 2.3% |
Manpower
RO | GB | |
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Active personnel: | 68,500 | 148,220 |
Reserve personnel: | 53,000 | 37,000 |
Available for military: | 5,601,234 | 14,856,917 |
Land Forces
RO | GB | ||
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Tanks: | 440 | 272 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,352 | 4,338 | |
Total artillery: | 1,355 | 238 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 53 | 71 | |
Rocket artillery: | 207 | 41 |
Air Forces
RO | GB | ||
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Total aircraft: | 165 | 869 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 23 | 107 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 14 | 33 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 69 | 269 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 10 |
Navy
RO | GB | ||
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Total naval: | 55 | 111 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 2 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 6 | |
Frigates: | 3 | 9 | |
Corvettes: | 7 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 1 | 10 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Romania
Does not have nuclear weapons.
United Kingdom
Third out of fifth nuclear-weapon states that are under the NPT, the treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The first successful test in the nuclear history of Great Britain occurred in October 1952, three years after Russia’s first successful attempt. “Hurricane”, which was the codename for the test assumed the use of 3 megaton bomb, which was dropped in Australia. The UK itself did not have many tests after that. Comparing to a thousand and hundreds of tests by Americans and Russians, the Brits made only 45 tests of nuclear arsenal.
We should remember about the fact that United Kingdom was in a strict cooperation with United States at the very beginning. It means that we cannot forget about the tremendous help the Americans received from the British government and men of science while developing their first nuclear bomb. Unfortunately, all the data that USA could not be sent back to the UK, since the cooperation has ended prematurely. This was one of the reasons why UK developed their first nuclear weapon so late. At this moment, they possess 215 warheads in total, out of which 120 is deployed and completely operational.
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.
United Kingdom
16-33 years of age (officers 17-28) for voluntary military service (with parental consent under 18); no conscription; women serve in military services, but are excluded from ground combat positions and some naval postings; must be citizen of the UK, Commonwealth, or Republic of Ireland; reservists serve a minimum of 3 years, to age 45 or 55; 17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service by Nepalese citizens in the Brigade of Gurkhas; 16-34 years of age for voluntary military service by Papua New Guinean citizens.