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Turkey and Azerbaijan vs Iran

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The Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support between Azerbaijan and Turkey for strategic partnership. The pact was signed on 16 August 2010 and will expire 16 August 2030. Under the terms of the treaty, Turkey and Azerbaijan will support each other in the case of a military attack or aggression against either of the countries.

Iran is a country located in Middle East with an area of 1,648,195 km2 (land boundries: 5,894 km and costline 2,440 km - note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)). The capital of Iran is Tehran. The number of inhabitants is 83,183,741.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed in May 1979. The IRGC was a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces. The Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and mostly older foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian, Soviet, and US origin. Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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19.6 billion $
10 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0 %
2.1 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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551,400
587,000

Reserve personnel

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530,000
200,000

Available for military

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24,079,077
23,619,215

Land Forces

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Tanks

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3,143
2,842
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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11,686
3,555
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Total artillery

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4,012
4,873
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Self-propelled artillery

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1,301
1,030
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Rocket artillery

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645
1,755

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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1,584
973
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Fighter

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24
112
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Multirole

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249
75
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Attack

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11
23
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Helicopters

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446
519
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UCAV (combat drone)

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443
83

Navy

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Total naval

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222
272
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Aircraft carriers

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1
0
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Destroyers

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0
0
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Frigates

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18
6
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Corvettes

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9
3
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Submarines

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16
19

Nuclear weapons

Turkey and Azerbaijan

Data not available

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Turkey and Azerbaijan

Data not available

Iran

18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation is 18 months; women exempt from military service.