Military power of Taiwan & China and Russia
Taiwan vs China and Russia
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 militaryA hypothetical military alliance between China and Russia. The two countries share a land border and they signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001. A twenty-year strategic treaty extended or another 5 years after its expiration in February 2022. China is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion people, on the other hand Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,098,246 square kilometres.
Currently, China focuses on domestic weapon designs and manufacturing, while still importing certain military products from Russia, such as jet engines. In September 2018, Russia hosted the militaries of China and Mongolia as a part of the Vostok 2018 military exercise. Russia and China flew joint bomber patrols over the Pacific. China refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the implementation of international sanctions during the war, China provided economic relief to Russia.
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Military expenditures
TW | CHRU | |
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Military budget: | 19.1 billion $ | 494.4 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.3% | 0% |
Manpower
TW | CHRU | |
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Active personnel: | 180,000 | 3,035,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 1,657,000 | 4,000,000 |
Available for military: | 5,883,828 | 420,586,837 |
Land Forces
TW | CHRU | ||
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Tanks: | 1,160 | 18,017 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,714 | 38,302 | |
Total artillery: | 1,944 | 25,360 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 440 | 9,163 | |
Rocket artillery: | 126 | 7,471 |
Air Forces
TW | CHRU | ||
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Total aircraft: | 814 | 9,048 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 129 | 1,389 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 189 | 1,512 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 809 | |
Helicopters: | 237 | 3,020 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 251 |
Navy
TW | CHRU | ||
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Total naval: | 96 | 1,395 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 5 | |
Destroyers: | 4 | 52 | |
Frigates: | 22 | 65 | |
Corvettes: | 1 | 153 | |
Submarines: | 4 | 140 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Taiwan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
China and Russia
Data not available
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.
China and Russia
Data not available