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Union State of Russia and Belarus vs Poland

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The Union State of Russia and Belarus is a supranational organisation consisting of Russia and Belarus. The present goal of the Union State mainly focuses on economic, defense integration and intelligence apparatuses. Russia and Belarus in 2009 implemented the first stage of joint military officer training programs designed to integrate the military structures of the countries. This military collective is called the Regional Forces Group of Belarus and Russia.

Poland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 km2 (land boundries: 2,865 km and costline 440 km). The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The number of inhabitants is 38,268,000.

Poland joined NATO in 1999 and hosts US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup since 2007. The inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems. Poland announced in March 2022 plans to increase the size of its armed forces to 300,000 personnel and to allocate at least 3% of GDP to defense. Modernization plan would include such items as 5th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket artillery, helicopters, submarines and frigates.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 66.7 billion $ 31.37 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 4.2%

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: 1,062,000 150,000
Reserve personnel: 2,344,750 240,000
Available for military: 37,265,736 10,500,000

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

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Tanks: 12,919 577
Armoured fighting vehicles: 26,043 2,342
Total artillery: 19,307 775
Self-propelled artillery: 6,883 601
Rocket artillery: 4,702 174

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: 4,617 461
Fighter aircraft: 374 23
Multirole aircraft: 386 48
Attack aircraft: 756 18
Helicopters: 1,733 212
UCAV (combat drone): 100 6

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: 653 66
Aircraftcarriers: 1 0
Destroyers: 14 0
Frigates: 11 2
Corvettes: 80 2
Submarines: 66 1

Total naval

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

Union State of Russia and Belarus

Data not available

Poland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Poland

18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; women only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers.