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Spain Peninsula Shield Force

Spain is a country located in Southwestern Europe with an area of 505,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,952.7 km and costline 4,964 km). The capital of Spain is Madrid. The number of inhabitants is 47,450,795.

Spain joined NATO in 1982. The inventory of the Spanish military is comprised of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. Spain's defense industry manufactures land, air, and sea weapons systems and is integrated within the European defense-industrial sector.

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The Peninsula Shield Force is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members of PSF: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. As of March 2011, the Peninsula Shield Force was commanded by Saudi Major General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima and has about 40 thousand troops.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 19.5 billion $ 97.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.4% 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: 133,282 611,550
Reserve personnel: 15,150 470,000
Available for military: 11,759,557 11,870,201

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: 327 1,767
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,361 16,249
Total artillery: 242 3,040
Self-propelled artillery: 102 739
Rocket artillery: 0 407

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: 570 2,122
Fighter aircraft: 68 141
Multirole aircraft: 84 255
Attack aircraft: 13 157
Helicopters: 152 793
UCAV (combat drone): 4 6

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: 60 205
Aircraftcarriers: 1 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 11 11
Corvettes: 0 21
Submarines: 2 0

Total naval

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

Spain

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Peninsula Shield Force

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Military service

Spain

18-26 years of age for voluntary military service by a Spanish citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; no conscription, but Spanish Government retains right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency; mandatory retirement of non-NCO enlisted personnel at age 45 or 58, depending on service length.

Peninsula Shield Force

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