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Taiwan vs Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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 Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 19.3 billion $ 18.2 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2.3% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 290,000 70,650
Reserve personnel: 2,310,000 971,300
Available for military: 5,883,828 4,299,331

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: 1,160 412
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,714 4,644
Total artillery: 1,944 1,133
Self-propelled artillery: 440 180
Rocket artillery: 126 71

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: 814 469
Fighter aircraft: 129 0
Multirole aircraft: 189 174
Attack aircraft: 0 0
Helicopters: 237 118
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 96 397
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 4 0
Frigates: 22 4
Corvettes: 1 15
Submarines: 4 11

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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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