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Romania vs Venezuela

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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.

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Venezuela is a country located in Northern South America with an area of 916,445 km² (land boundries: 5,267 km and costline 2,800 km). The capital of Venezuela is Caracas. The number of inhabitants is 28,887,118.

The FANB inventory is mainly of Chinese and Russian origin with a smaller mix of equipment from Western countries. Russia is the top supplier of military hardware to Venezuela

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Military expenditures

Military budget

8.7 billion $

0.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

2.5 %

0.35 %

Manpower

Active personnel

68,500

330,000

Reserve personnel

53,000

8,000

Available for military

5,601,234

8,000,000

Land Forces

Tanks

451

203

Armoured fighting vehicles

1,345

1,217

Total artillery

1,010

200

Self-propelled artillery

47

60

Rocket artillery

243

36

Air Forces

Total aircraft

159

219

Fighter

0

Multirole

33

26

Attack

0

Helicopters

67

79

UCAV (combat drone)

6

0

Navy

Total naval

66

38

Aircraft carriers

0

Destroyers

0

Frigates

3

1

Corvettes

7

3

Submarines

1

3

Nuclear weapons

Romania

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Venezuela

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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.

Venezuela

All citizens of military service age (18-60 years old) are obligated to register for military service, though mandatory recruitment is forbidden; the minimum service obligation is 12 months.