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Military power of Taiwan & Greece

Taiwan vs Greece

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Taiwan Greece

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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Greece is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 131,990 km² (land boundries: 1,110 km and costline 13,676 km). The capital of Greece is Athens. The number of inhabitants is 10,718,565.

Greece joined NATO in 1952. The inventory of the Hellenic Armed Forces consists mostly of a mix of imported weapons from Europe and the USA. Germany is the leading supplier of weapons systems. Greece entered into a security agreement with France in 2021 that included the sale of frigates and fighter aircraft to augment its aging weapons systems. Greece's defense industry also is capable of producing a range of military hardware

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Military expenditures

Military budget

19.1 billion $

9 billion $

Percent of GDP

2.3 %

3.7 %

Manpower

Active personnel

180,000

107,600

Reserve personnel

1,657,000

221,600

Available for military

5,883,828

2,535,174

Land Forces

Tanks

888

1,365

Armoured fighting vehicles

2,031

4,126

Total artillery

2,082

1,469

Self-propelled artillery

448

588

Rocket artillery

234

152

Air Forces

Total aircraft

791

855

Fighter

103

35

Multirole

183

202

Attack

0

Helicopters

243

427

UCAV (combat drone)

3

Navy

Total naval

111

236

Aircraft carriers

0

Destroyers

4

0

Frigates

22

13

Corvettes

13

0

Submarines

5

11

Nuclear weapons

Taiwan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Greece

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.

Greece

19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service.