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South Korea vs Finland

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Country:	South Korea (KR)	Finland (FI)
Capital:	Seoul	Helsinki
Population:	51 446 201	5 488 543
Area:	100 210 km²	338 424 km²

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Military expenditures

	KR	FI
Military budget:	36,8 billion $	3,1 billion $
Percent of GDP:	2,7%	1,3%

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Manpower

	KR	FI
Active personnel:	625 000	33 386
Reserve personnel:	3 100 000	900 000
Available for military:	13 185 794	1 155 368

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Land Forces

	KR	FI
Tanks:	2 446	199
Armoured fighting vehicles:	3 290	1 836
Total artillery:	5 958	908
Self-propelled artillery:	1 890	120
Rocket artillery:	214	56

Tanks

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AFV

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Artillery

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Self-propelled

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Rocket artillery

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Air Forces

	KR	FI
Total aircraft:	1 526	208
Fighter aircraft:	151	0
Multirole aircraf:	265	55
Attack aircraft:	0	0
Helicopters:	786	27

Total aircraft

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Fighter

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Multirole

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Attack

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Helicopters

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Navy

	KR	FI
Total naval:	151	64
Aircraftcarriers:	1	0
Destroyers:	12	0
Frigates:	13	0
Corvettes:	16	0
Submarines:	15	0

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Aircraft carriers

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Destroyers

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Frigates

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Corvettes

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Submarines

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Nuclear weapons

South Korea

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Finland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

South Korea

20-30 years of age for compulsory military service, with middle school education required; minimum conscript service obligation - 21 months (Army, Marines), 23 months (Navy), 24 months (Air Force); 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; women, in service since 1950, admitted to 7 service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps; HIV-positive individuals are exempt from military service.

Finland

18 years of age for male voluntary and compulsory - and female voluntary - national military and nonmilitary service; service obligation 6-12 months; military obligation to age 60