Turkey vs Iran

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The Republic of Turkey's military forces are known as the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF, Turkish: Turk Silahli Kuvvetleri or TSK). The General Staff, the Land Forces (Land Forces), the Naval Forces (Naval Forces) and the Air Forces make up the Turkish Armed Forces. General Yasar Guler is the current Chief of General Staff. The Commander of the Armed Forces is the Chief of the General staff. The Commander of the Armed Forces is the Chief of General Staff. In wartime, the Commander-in–Chief for the President is the Chief of General Staff. He represents the Supreme Military Command of TAF on behalf of Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The General Staff is responsible for coordinating the military relations between the TAF and NATO member states as well as friendly states. The formation of the Turkish Armed Forces was the beginning of their history. The Turkish military saw itself as the guardian for Kemalism, the official ideology of the state, and its emphasis on secularism.

Turkey joined NATO in 1952 and began a vast modernization program for its armed force. Turkey sent 14,936 soldiers to the Korean War with South Korea and NATO. A second restructuring was started towards the end of 1980s. The Turkish Armed Forces participate in an EU Battlegroup under the control of the European Council, the Italian-Romanian-Turkish Battlegroup. NATO's Eurocorps multinational army corps initiative, the Eurocorps Multinational Army Corps Initiative of the EU and NATO also has operational support from the TAF. The Turkish Armed Forces are the second-largest standing military force in NATO after the U.S. Armed Forces. They have an estimated strength of 895,000 paramilitary and military personnel in 2021. Turkey is also part of the NATO nuclear sharing policy. The Incirlik Air Base houses 50 U.S.-made B61 nuclear bombs, which is the largest number of these five countries.

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The Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, Persian: nyrwhy.mslH, romanized as Niruha-ye Mosallah-e Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran), are the combined military forces of Iran. They include the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the Law Enforcement Force, (Police). The largest number of active troops in the Middle East is held by the Iranian Armed Forces. Iran's military forces include approximately 610,000 personnel on active duty and 350,000 trained and reserve personnel who can be mobilized as needed. This brings the total number of personnel in Iran's military to 960,000. These figures do not include the Law Enforcement Force and Basij. The majority of Iran's import weapons are American-made systems, which were purchased prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, there have been limited purchases made from the Soviet Union during the 1990s after the Iran-Iraq War.

The country has launched a robust domestic program of rearmament and its stock has grown more indigenously. Officials in Iran claim that most of their military hardware is made domestically. The country was already an exporter of arms in the 2000s, according to officials. Iranian officials claim that the country's missile program is not designed to deliver nuclear payloads and cannot import them from abroad. They also state that Iran was already an exporter of arms by 2000. The General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces is responsible for all branches of the armed forces. The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics plans logistics and funds the armed forces. It is not involved in military operational command. The Supreme Leader is the commander-in-chief for the armed forces.

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