In this episode of FTD facts we're putting the military power of Spain vs.
Portugal against each other and see which one you think comes out on top. How's it going everybody?
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This is an episode that I wanted to do for quite a while because I love both of these
Countries and you guys have been requesting for more videos on the European countries anyways
So I figured it's gonna be an interesting one so I want to get into this and compare these military statistics
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So let's start with
Spain the Spanish armed forces is the military forces of the kingdom of Spain and it consists of the army the Navy as well as
The Air Force the Spanish armed forces are members of NATO the euro corpse the European Union battle groups
And they also provide peacekeeping troops to the United Nations ok
So let's examine the specific military stats
Spain's available manpower is at 23 million people and they have a hundred and twenty four thousand one hundred active
Personnel they also have 50 thousand six hundred reserve personnel
the Portuguese armed forces include the general staff of the Armed Forces
the other
unified bodies and three service branches of the Portuguese Navy the Portuguese Army and the Portuguese Air Force the Portuguese armed forces are
charged with protecting
Portugal as well as supporting international peacekeeping efforts as well as supporting NATO the United Nations and of course the European
Union and guys did you know that Portugal is actually ranked third as the most peaceful country in the entire world
This was according to the Global Peace Index of 2017 because Portugal is one of those countries that doesn't have any
Significant national security issues continuing now with the specific military stats so Portugal's manpower is at 5 million
30,000 people they have 35,000 active personnel and
230
3,500 reserve personnel now moving back to Spain let's look at their army when we look at their army strength they have
327 combat tanks
2490 three armored fighting vehicles they have a hundred and forty-three towed artillery and 96 self-propelled artillery
Inside of Portugal's army strength Portugal has a hundred and thirty three combat tanks
1080 armored fighting vehicles they don't have any rocket projectors, but they have sixty towed artillery and eighteen self-propelled artillery
Not looking at the power of their whole Air Force
This is what Spain has Spain has 109 fighter aircrafts the air attack aircraft sit at 108
Transport aircrafts are at 181
trainer aircrafts are at
171 and they have
173 total helicopters and 10 attack helicopters
Portugal has 64 fighter aircrafts as well as 64 attack
Aircrafts the total number of transferred aircrafts are 36 trainer aircrafts are 27 total helicopters are 25
But they do not have any attack helicopters now
Let's move on into the Navy the total naval assets of Spain sits at 46
They have three submarines two aircraft carriers twelve frigates eight patrol aircrafts and six mine warfare vessels
Portugal's Navy is pretty close with 41 total naval assets. They have 18 patrol crafts
They don't have any aircraft carriers, but they do have five frigates two submarines seven Corvettes however
They don't have any mine warfare vessels at all and the final thing
I want to look at in this military comparison is the logistics and the defense budget
The labor force of Spain is 22 million eight hundred and ninety thousand people there
Merchant Marine strength is 132 Spain has nine major ports and terminals and a hundred and fifty serviceable
Airports and their entire military is all funded with a budget of eleven point six billion dollars now Portugal's labor
Force is a lot smaller only at five million one hundred and sixty seven thousand their Merchant Marine strength is at 109
There are four major ports and terminals in Portugal and 64 serviceable airports
And I guess you know being such a peacekeeping nation their defense budget is not really that high at all only
3.8. Billion dollars, that's all I got for you in this episode guys really
Hope you enjoyed it be sure to leave your thoughts and comments down below
And also check out the video that we did comparing Spain and Portugal as a country
Overall that was a pretty interesting one because a lot of you have been requesting for us to do that comparison
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Hey yet for any of you that want to just keep on learning about Spain and Portugal check out this video
We compare these two amazing countries
And we go a lot more in depth not just looking at the military power so keep it tuned here on FTD facts
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