Military power of Taiwan & Egypt
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Country: | Taiwan (TW) | Egypt (EG) |
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Capital: | Taipei | Cairo |
Population: | 23,568,378 | 101,576,517 |
Area: | 36,193 km2 | 1,010,407 km2 |
More: | Taiwan military forces description | Egypt military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 13 billion $ | 11 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.3% | 2.5% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 290,000 | 438,500 |
Reserve personnel: | 2,800,000 | 479,000 |
Available for military: | 5,883,828 | 41,157,220 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 1,160 | 3,044 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,714 | 11,454 | |
Total artillery: | 1,944 | 4,000 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 440 | 889 | |
Rocket artillery: | 126 | 1,322 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 814 | 1,373 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 129 | 113 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 189 | 252 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 121 | |
Helicopters: | 237 | 306 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 96 | 128 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 2 | |
Destroyers: | 4 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 22 | 9 | |
Corvettes: | 1 | 4 | |
Submarines: | 4 | 8 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Taiwan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Egypt
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.
Egypt
18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 16.