Let us begin with the numbers. The 27 EU countries plus the UK together have around 4,500 main battle tanks, with at least half of them deployable, 3,200 military aircraft, more than 13,000 artillery pieces and over 420 warships. Russia has up to 2,000 operational tanks with about twice as many old ones in storage, about 4,000 military aircraft, 14,000 artillery pieces and around 400 warships.
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