Military power of Taiwan & Austria
Taiwan vs 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.
More about Taiwan militaryAustria 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. More about Austria militaryIf you want to check the comparison in terms of economic ratios check out CompareEconomy.com
Military expenditures
TW | AT | |
---|---|---|
Military budget: | 19.1 billion $ | 3.2 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.3% | 0.74% |
Manpower
TW | AT | |
---|---|---|
Active personnel: | 180,000 | 23,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 1,657,000 | 125,600 |
Available for military: | 5,883,828 | 1,941,110 |
Land Forces
TW | AT | ||
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Tanks: | 1,160 | 56 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,714 | 215 | |
Total artillery: | 1,944 | 30 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 440 | 30 | |
Rocket artillery: | 126 | 0 |
Air Forces
TW | AT | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 814 | 129 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 129 | 15 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 189 | 0 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 237 | 87 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
TW | AT | ||
---|---|---|---|
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.
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.