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Saudi Arabia is a country located in Middle East with an area of 2,149,690 km2 (land boundries: 4,272 km and costline 2,640 km). The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh. The number of inhabitants is 34,218,169.

Saudi-led coalition of Arab states invaded Yemen in 2015. The inventory of the Saudi military forces, including the SANG, includes a mix of mostly modern weapons systems from the US and Europe. The United States is the leading supplier of armaments. In 2021 Saudi Arabia was the world's largest arms importer.

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Ukraine is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 603,500 km2 (land boundries: 5,581 km and costline 2,782 km). The capital of Ukraine is Kiev. The number of inhabitants is 41,487,960.

During the 2008 Bucharest summit, NATO declared that Ukraine would eventually become a member of NATO when it meets the criteria for accession. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian military is equipped mostly with older Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems. Ukraine has a broad defense industry capable of building Soviet-era land systems and maintaining and upgrading Soviet-era combat aircraft, as well as missile and air defense systems.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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75 billion $
31 billion $

Percent of GDP

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7 %
16 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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480,000
1,250,000

Reserve personnel

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325,000
1,000,000

Available for military

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8,240,714
11,149,646

Land Forces

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Tanks

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1,275
1,462
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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6,347
5,739
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Total artillery

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2,580
3,636
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Self-propelled artillery

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510
899
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Rocket artillery

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252
693

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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1,407
297
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Fighter

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141
57
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Multirole

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72
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Attack

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151
27
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Helicopters

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491
115
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
12

Navy

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Total naval

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34
53
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Aircraft carriers

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0
0
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Destroyers

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0
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Frigates

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11
1
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Corvettes

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9
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Submarines

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0
0

Nuclear weapons

Saudi Arabia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Ukraine

Although Ukraine has never produced its own nuclear weapon to this day, we should bear in mind that back in the days, Ukraine possessed approximately 5,000 nuclear weapons. This is all due to the fact that before 1991, Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. However, as a consequence of its dissolution, all the countries that were satellites or were forcefully attached to Soviet Union, received number of warheads. They were once the property of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, after Ukraine became independent, they received everything that was the part of the USSR, even nuclear warheads. As a result of that, Ukraine became the third largest holder of nuclear weapons in the world.

Ukraine decided to get rid of these weapons quite quickly. Three years later, in 1994 that is, they joined Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In 1996, all the warheads were moved and disassembled in Russia.

Military service

Saudi Arabia

17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription.

Ukraine

18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months