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Taiwan vs Austria

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Taiwan Austria

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.

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Austria is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 83,879 km2 (land boundries: 2,524 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Austria is Vienna. The number of inhabitants is 8,935,112.

Austria is constitutionally non-aligned, but is an EU member and actively participates in EU peacekeeping and crisis management operations. Austria is not a member of NATO, but joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace framework.

The Austrian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems from European countries and the USA. The Austrian defense industry produces a range of equipment and partners with other countries.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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19.1 billion $
3.2 billion $

Percent of GDP

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2.3 %
0.74 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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180,000
23,000

Reserve personnel

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1,657,000
125,600

Available for military

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5,883,828
1,941,110

Land Forces

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Tanks

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888
56
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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2,031
215
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Total artillery

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2,082
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Self-propelled artillery

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448
30
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Rocket artillery

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234
0

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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791
129
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Fighter

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103
15
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Multirole

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183
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Attack

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0
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Helicopters

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243
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UCAV (combat drone)

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3
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Navy

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Total naval

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111
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Aircraft carriers

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0
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Destroyers

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4
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Frigates

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22
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Corvettes

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13
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Submarines

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5
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Nuclear weapons

Taiwan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Austria

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.

Austria

Registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service (6 months), or optionally, alternative civil/community service (9 months); males 18 to 50 years old in the militia or inactive reserve are subject to compulsory service; in a January 2012 referendum, a majority of Austrians voted in favor of retaining the system of compulsory military service (with the option of alternative/non-military service) instead of switching to a professional army system.