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Turkey vs United Arab Emirates

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Turkey is a country located in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe) with an area of 783,562 km2 (land boundries: 2,816 km and costline 7,200 km). The capital of Turkey is Ankara. The number of inhabitants is 83,614,362.

Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952 and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir. Under a long-range strategic plan, the Turkish Armed Forces continued efforts to modernize its equipment and force structure. The Turkish Armed Forces inventory is mostly comprised of a mix of domestically-produced and Western weapons systems. In 2019 Turkey purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system. That complicated its relationship with NATO. Turkey has a strong defense industry capable of producing a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use.

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United Arab Emirates is a country located in Middle East with an area of 83,600 km2 (land boundries: 1,066 km and costline 1,318 km). The capital of United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi. The number of inhabitants is 9,890,400.

the UAE hosts a multi-service French military base. The UAE has a defense cooperation agreement with the United States and hosted about 3,500 US troops. UAE invaded Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition and withdrew its main military force in 2019. the UAE Armed Forces inventory is comprised of wide variety of mostly modern imported equipment. The Emirates has acquired military equipment from more than 20 countries. USA is the leading supplier.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 15.8 billion $ 24.4 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.5% 5.6%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 425,000 150,000
Reserve personnel: 200,000 180,000
Available for military: 21,079,077 3,240,000

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 2,203 354
Armoured fighting vehicles: 9,323 8,980
Total artillery: 3,103 398
Self-propelled artillery: 1,034 183
Rocket artillery: 322 139

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: 1,408 510
Fighter aircraft: 19 0
Multirole aircraft: 234 137
Attack aircraft: 0 0
Helicopters: 349 215
UCAV (combat drone): 443 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 191 79
Aircraftcarriers: 1 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 17 0
Corvettes: 9 9
Submarines: 12 0

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Turkey

Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

United Arab Emirates

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Turkey

21-41 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service; 12 months conscript obligation for non-university graduates, 6-12 months for university graduates (graduates of higher education may perform 6 months of military service as short-term privates, or 12 months as reserve officers); conscripts are called to register at age 20, for service at 21; women serve in the Turkish Armed Forces only as officers; reserve obligation to age 41; Turkish citizens with a residence or work permit who have worked abroad for at least 3 years (1095 days) can be exempt from military service in exchange for 6,000 EUR or its equivalent in foreign currencies; a law passed in December 2014 introduced a one-time payment scheme which exempted Turkish citizens 27 and older from conscription in exchange for a payment of $8,150.

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.