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Military power of Taiwan & Brazil

Taiwan vs Brazil

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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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Brazil is a country located in Eastern South America with an area of 8,515,767 km² (land boundries: 16,145 km and costline 7,491 km). The capital of Brazil is Brasília. The number of inhabitants is 210,147,125.

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the United States. MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, but it does not entail any security obligations. The Brazilian military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons, largely from Europe and the US. Brazil's defense industry is capable of designing and manufacturing equipment for all three military services

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Military expenditures

Military budget

19.1 billion $

25 billion $

Percent of GDP

2.3 %

1.1 %

Manpower

Active personnel

180,000

334,500

Reserve personnel

1,657,000

1,340,000

Available for military

5,883,828

53,350,703

Land Forces

Tanks

1,160

469

Armoured fighting vehicles

1,714

1,696

Total artillery

1,944

760

Self-propelled artillery

440

136

Rocket artillery

126

78

Air Forces

Total aircraft

814

473

Fighter

129

45

Multirole

189

3

Attack

0

77

Helicopters

237

182

UCAV (combat drone)

0

Navy

Total naval

96

216

Aircraft carriers

0

1

Destroyers

4

0

Frigates

22

6

Corvettes

1

2

Submarines

4

7

Nuclear weapons

Taiwan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Brazil

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.

Brazil

18-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.