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United Arab Emirates vs Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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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The Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 22.8 billion $ 18.2 billion $
Percent of GDP: 5.6% 0%

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: 65,000 70,650
Reserve personnel: 130,000 971,300
Available for military: 3,240,000 4,299,331

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

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Tanks: 354 412
Armoured fighting vehicles: 8,980 4,644
Total artillery: 398 1,133
Self-propelled artillery: 183 180
Rocket artillery: 139 71

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: 510 469
Fighter aircraft: 0 0
Multirole aircraft: 137 174
Attack aircraft: 0 0
Helicopters: 215 118
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

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: 79 397
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 4
Corvettes: 9 15
Submarines: 0 11

Total naval

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

United Arab Emirates

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

Data not available

Military service

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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

Data not available