Military power of Taiwan & Armenia
Taiwan vs Armenia
Taiwan is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 36,193 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 1,566.3 km). The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. The number of inhabitants is 23,568,378.
The Taiwan military is armed mostly with second-hand weapons and equipment provided by the USA. Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry capable of building a range of military equipment.
More about Taiwan militaryArmenia is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 29,743 km2 (land boundries: 1,570 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Armenia is Yerevan. The number of inhabitants is 2,967,900.
Armenia has been a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994. Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The inventory of the Armenian Armed Forces includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment.
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Military expenditures
TW | AM | |
---|---|---|
Military budget: | 19.1 billion $ | 1.5 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.3% | 5.3% |
Manpower
TW | AM | |
---|---|---|
Active personnel: | 180,000 | 70,600 |
Reserve personnel: | 1,657,000 | 210,000 |
Available for military: | 5,883,828 | 809,576 |
Land Forces
TW | AM | ||
---|---|---|---|
Tanks: | 1,160 | 269 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,714 | 610 | |
Total artillery: | 1,944 | 236 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 440 | 38 | |
Rocket artillery: | 126 | 103 |
Air Forces
TW | AM | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 814 | 65 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 129 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 189 | 4 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 15 | |
Helicopters: | 237 | 45 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
TW | AM | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total naval: | 96 | 0 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 4 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 22 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 1 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 4 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Taiwan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Armenia
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
Taiwan
Males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; for men born before December 1993, compulsory service (military or civil) is 1 year; for 8 years after discharge, men are subject to training recall four times for periods not to exceed 20 days.
Armenia
18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.