Military power of Taiwan & United Arab Emirates
Country: | Taiwan (TW) | United Arab Emirates (AE) |
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Capital: | Taipei | Abu Dhabi |
Population: | 23,568,378 | 9,890,400 |
Area: | 36,193 km2 | 83,600 km2 |
More: | Taiwan military forces description | United Arab Emirates military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 13 billion $ | 22.8 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.3% | 5.7% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 290,000 | 100,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 2,800,000 | 90,000 |
Available for military: | 5,883,828 | 3,240,000 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 1,160 | 354 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,714 | 8,980 | |
Total artillery: | 1,944 | 398 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 440 | 183 | |
Rocket artillery: | 126 | 139 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 814 | 510 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 129 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 189 | 137 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 237 | 215 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 96 | 79 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 4 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 22 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 1 | 9 | |
Submarines: | 4 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Taiwan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
United Arab Emirates
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.
United Arab Emirates
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men, optional service for women; 17 years of age for male volunteers with parental approval; 2-year general obligation, 9 months for secondary school graduates; women may train for 9 months regardless of education.