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Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his Department's assessment of the balance of conventional forces between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Russia in (i) infantry, (ii) main battle tanks, (iii) armoured combat vehicles and (iv) combat aircraft.
| Personnel | Main battle tanks | Armoured combat vehicles | Combat aircraft | |
| NATO | 2,590,784 | 23,424 | 32,255 | 4,901 |
| Russia1 | 1,298,299 | 8,893 | 18,834 | 4,387 |
| 1 These figures represent the forces of Russia only and do not include the forces of the other countries in the former Soviet Union or the forces of the countries of the former Warsaw pact. | ||||