Southeast Asia's oldest military alliance partner of the US with a modern mixed US/Chinese equipment inventory.
MILITARY DOCTRINE
Counter-insurgency, border security, and ASEAN regional stability contributions.
70.0M
POPULATION
$529.6B
GDP TOTAL
$7.5B
MILITARY BUDGET
361K
ACTIVE TROOPS
MILITARY CAPABILITY
FORCE STRUCTURE BREAKDOWN
PERSONNEL
Active Troops
360,850
Reserve Troops
200,000
Paramilitary
113,700
Special Forces
6,000
GFP POWER INDEX
0.3512
MIL. BUDGET % GDP
1.4%
GROUND FORCES
Tanks (MBT)
802
Armored Vehicles
1,610
Artillery
735
MLRS
16
802
TANKS
1,610
AFVs
735
ARTILLERY
AIR POWER
Fighter Aircraft
497
Attack Helicopters
7
Transport Helicopters
200
Drones (UAV/UCAV)
15
497
FIGHTERS
7
HELICOPTERS
15
DRONES
NAVAL & STRATEGIC
Total Ships
81
Submarines
0
Aircraft Carriers
1
Ballistic Missiles
0
NON-NUCLEAR STATE
EQUIPMENT INTEL
NATIONAL ARSENAL
No arsenal data available
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