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The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary. The number of personnel in paramilitary forces: armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces. The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel.
The PLA is the world's largest military force (not including paramilitary or reserve forces) and has the second largest defence budget in the world. China's military expenditure was US$296 billion in 2023, accounting for 12 percent of the world's defence expenditures.
Countries with United States military bases and facilities. The U.S. military maintains hundreds of military installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases in 55 countries and territories, as of July 2024). Some American bases are also NATO-led with forces from multiple countries.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht) is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces and is led by the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Commandant Luchtstrijdkrachten).
Eurocorps is an autonomous military force of France, Germany (Founding States), Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg and Poland (Framework States) and Austria, Greece, Italy, Romania and Turkey (Associate Members) [3] which aim is to maintain common Headquarters and Command of selected national military units, up to 65,000 personel. [4]
Equipment of the United States Armed Forces. currently active United States military missiles; List of currently active United States military land vehicles; List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces; Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces; Equipment of the United States Army; Equipment of the United States Marine Corps
The European Union's combined active military forces in 2016 totaled 1,410,626 personnel. [1] In a speech in 2012, Swedish General Håkan Syrén criticised the spending levels of European Union countries, saying that in the future those countries' military capability will decrease, creating "critical shortfalls". [21] Guide to table:
This article lists military spending in European countries by varying methods including as a percentage of GDP per capita and as a total capital expenditure as listed by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute unless otherwise stated or cited.