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South Korea vs Union State of Russia and Belarus

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South Korea is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 100,210 km2 (land boundries: 237 km and costline 2,413 km). The capital of South Korea is Seoul. The number of inhabitants is 51,709,098.

US-South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty is a cornerstone of South Korea’s security. The Treaty gave the US permission to station land, air, and sea forces in the territory of South Korea. The USA maintained approximately 28,000 military personnel in the country. South Korea has been engaged with NATO through dialogue and security cooperation since 2005 and is considered by NATO to be a global partner. The South Korean military is equipped with a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems. The top foreign weapons supplier is the United States and some domestically-produced systems are built under US license.

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The Union State of Russia and Belarus is a supranational organisation consisting of Russia and Belarus. The present goal of the Union State mainly focuses on economic, defense integration and intelligence apparatuses. Russia and Belarus in 2009 implemented the first stage of joint military officer training programs designed to integrate the military structures of the countries. This military collective is called the Regional Forces Group of Belarus and Russia.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 50.2 billion $ 66.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2.8% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 555,000 1,062,000
Reserve personnel: 2,750,000 2,344,750
Available for military: 13,185,794 37,265,736

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 2,606 12,919
Armoured fighting vehicles: 4,380 26,043
Total artillery: 7,468 19,307
Self-propelled artillery: 3,040 6,883
Rocket artillery: 574 4,702

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 1,585 4,617
Fighter aircraft: 156 374
Multirole aircraft: 371 386
Attack aircraft: 0 756
Helicopters: 757 1,733
UCAV (combat drone): 0 100

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 195 653
Aircraftcarriers: 2 1
Destroyers: 12 14
Frigates: 18 11
Corvettes: 11 80
Submarines: 22 66

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

South Korea

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Union State of Russia and Belarus

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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.

Union State of Russia and Belarus

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