Military power of Switzerland & Turkey
Country: | Switzerland (CH) | Turkey (TR) |
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Capital: | Bern | Ankara |
Population: | 8,570,146 | 83,614,362 |
Area: | 41,285 km2 | 783,562 km2 |
More: | Switzerland military forces description | Turkey military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 5.3 billion $ | 21.9 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 0.7% | 2.9% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 140,000 | 355,200 |
Reserve personnel: | 80,000 | 378,700 |
Available for military: | 1,852,580 | 21,079,077 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 224 | 3,017 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,500 | 11,450 | |
Total artillery: | 224 | 2,521 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 224 | 943 | |
Rocket artillery: | 0 | 399 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 193 | 1,573 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 40 | 48 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 26 | 245 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 45 | 676 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 172 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 0 | 154 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 16 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 10 | |
Submarines: | 0 | 12 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Switzerland
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Turkey
Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Military service
Switzerland
19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years.
Turkey
21-41 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service; 12 months conscript obligation for non-university graduates, 6-12 months for university graduates (graduates of higher education may perform 6 months of military service as short-term privates, or 12 months as reserve officers); conscripts are called to register at age 20, for service at 21; women serve in the Turkish Armed Forces only as officers; reserve obligation to age 41; Turkish citizens with a residence or work permit who have worked abroad for at least 3 years (1095 days) can be exempt from military service in exchange for 6,000 EUR or its equivalent in foreign currencies; a law passed in December 2014 introduced a one-time payment scheme which exempted Turkish citizens 27 and older from conscription in exchange for a payment of $8,150.