Military power of Taiwan & Iraq
Taiwan vs Iraq
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 militaryIraq is a country located in Middle East with an area of 437,072 km2 (land boundries: 3,809 km and costline 58 km). The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The number of inhabitants is 38,433,600.
The Iraqi military inventory is comprised of a mix of equipment from a wide variety of sources, including Europe, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, and the US. Russia and the USA are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq.
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Military expenditures
TW | IQ | |
---|---|---|
Military budget: | 19.1 billion $ | 10 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.3% | 3.5% |
Manpower
TW | IQ | |
---|---|---|
Active personnel: | 180,000 | 193,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 1,657,000 | 553,000 |
Available for military: | 5,883,828 | 11,700,000 |
Land Forces
TW | IQ | ||
---|---|---|---|
Tanks: | 1,160 | 848 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,714 | 5,284 | |
Total artillery: | 1,944 | 1,969 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 440 | 283 | |
Rocket artillery: | 126 | 424 |
Air Forces
TW | IQ | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 814 | 379 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 129 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 189 | 26 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 32 | |
Helicopters: | 237 | 203 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 14 |
Navy
TW | IQ | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total naval: | 96 | 68 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 4 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 22 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 1 | 2 | |
Submarines: | 4 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Taiwan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Iraq
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.
Iraq
18-49 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription.