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Main article: Italy
NATO membership
Main article: NATO
2023:66% of the population supports NATO
Military budget
2024: 35-year defence spending cut by 9%
2023: Defence spending - 1.6% of GDP
Number of troops
2024: Thousands of US military remain stationed in the country
2021: 174,000 troops
US nuclear missiles
2023:35 hydrogen bombs B-61
2022
Fighter aircrafts
2024
Europe's only pilot training center for F-35 fighters
At the beginning of 2024 To Europe , there is only one pilot training center for F-35 fighters in Sardinia, in. Italy
Decrease in the number of military aircraft by 47% over 30 years
NAVAL FORCES
2024: Two aircraft carriers
Tanks
2024: Plan to replace Ariete S1 tanks with Leopard-2 until 2037
The Parliamentary Defense Commission Italy in March 2024 approved a program to increase the number of Leopard-2 tanks in the national ground forces. The assembly of new cars will be organized in the area of the city of Spezia in Italy.
The program is divided into two stages:
- from 2024 to 2026, preparatory work will be carried out.
- from 2027 to 2037. it is planned to produce 132 battle tanks and 140 auxiliary vehicles based on Leopard 2.
"Leopards" are designed to replace the tanks "Ariete C1," which are in service with Italy in the amount of 200 pcs.
See also
- Russian Armed Forces
- Iranian Armed Forces
- South Korean Armed Forces
- Spanish Armed Forces
- French Armed Forces
- Finnish Armed Forces
- Polish Armed Forces
- British Armed Forces
- US Armed Forces
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