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USA is a country located in North America with an area of 9,857,306 km2 (land boundries: 12,002 km and costline 19,924 km). The capital of USA is Washington. The number of inhabitants is 331,449,281.

The United States is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. The US military's inventory is comprised almost entirely of domestically-produced weapons systems defense industry is capable of designing, developing, maintaining, and producing the full spectrum of weapons systems. The United States is the world's leading arms exporter.

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Denmark is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 43,094 km2 (land boundries: 141 km and costline 7,314 km). The capital of Denmark is Copenhagen. The number of inhabitants is 5,982,117.

Denmark joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. Military inventory is comprised of modern European, US, and domestically produced weapons and equipment. The Danish defense industry is active in the production of naval vessels, defense electronics, and subcomponents of larger weapons systems, such as the US F-35 fighter aircraft; the major warships of the Royal Danish Navy were all produced domestically.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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916 billion $
5 billion $

Percent of GDP

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3.4 %
1.4 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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1,358,500
21,000

Reserve personnel

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799,500
63,000

Available for military

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73,270,043
2,605,137

Land Forces

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Tanks

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5,652
44
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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38,639
621
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Total artillery

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3,161
27
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Self-propelled artillery

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1,521
19
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Rocket artillery

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705
8

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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13,175
133
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Fighter

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377
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Multirole

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2,484
48
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Attack

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531
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Helicopters

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4,928
34
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UCAV (combat drone)

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444
0

Navy

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Total naval

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466
79
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Aircraft carriers

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20
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Destroyers

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99
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Frigates

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0
9
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Corvettes

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26
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Submarines

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70
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Nuclear weapons

USA

The first country to develop and to military use nuclear warheads in the world. Everything started from the Manhattan project, a research that had one particular goal in focus – to develop and produce the first nuclear weapon. Americans were the first to wield such powerful weapon. Everything started in 1941, which is date of the beginning of Manhattan project. Since the end of the Second World War, United States became the leading country when it comes to possessing nuclear warheads and it lasted approximately to 1980s. We should also bear in mind that United States are also the only nation that ever used nuclear weapon in military conflict.

In 1960, the amount of warheads stored by Americans exceeded 30,000. However, it is worth to note that throughout the entire period of the so-called Cold War, USA managed to build approximately 70,000 nuclear warheads, what is more than all other countries with access to nuclear weapons combined. From the first test that happened in 1945 to this day, the USA conducted 1054 tests of atomic bombs. Still, as a result of introduced restrictions on the amount of warheads one state can possess, the current number has dropped to 6500 warheads. Noteworthy is also the fact that out of this number, United States deployed only 1600.

Denmark

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

USA

18 years of age (17 years of age with parental consent) for male and female voluntary service; no conscription; maximum enlistment age 42 (Army), 27 (Air Force), 34 (Navy), 28 (Marines); service obligation 8 years, including 2-5 years active duty (Army), 2 years active (Navy), 4 years active (Air Force, Marines); DoD is eliminating prohibitions restricting women from assignments in units smaller than brigades or near combat units.

Denmark

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish military offers reserve contracts in all three branches