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Taiwan vs European Union EU

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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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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 19.1 billion $ 295.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2.3% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 180,000 1,277,969
Reserve personnel: 1,657,000 1,687,132
Available for military: 5,883,828 92,594,951

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 1,160 4,244
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,714 29,656
Total artillery: 1,944 6,056
Self-propelled artillery: 440 1,856
Rocket artillery: 126 674

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 814 5,350
Fighter aircraft: 129 415
Multirole aircraft: 189 883
Attack aircraft: 0 142
Helicopters: 237 2,336
UCAV (combat drone): 0 68

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 96 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 0 7
Destroyers: 4 18
Frigates: 22 69
Corvettes: 1 23
Submarines: 4 48

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Taiwan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

European Union EU

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.

European Union EU

Data not available