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Italian Armed Forces

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Content

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

Italy's defence spending 1.6% of GDP
Estimating some countries' defense costs as a share of their GDP in 2023

Number of troops

2024: Thousands of US military remain stationed in the country

As of February 2024, excluding countries with less than 1,000 US military personnel

2021: 174,000 troops

US nuclear missiles

2023:35 hydrogen bombs B-61

As of August 2023

2022

For 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

The number of fighter aircraft in Europe, 2019. Source - Global Firepower

Decrease in the number of military aircraft by 47% over 30 years

As of October 2024

NAVAL FORCES

2024: Two aircraft carriers

As of 2024

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.

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