Airmed Forces o Saudi Arabie

The Saudi Arabian Airmed Forces (Arabic: القُوَّات المُسَلَّحَة العَرَبِيَّة السُّعُودِيَّة‎, SAAF) kent as Ryal Saudi Airmed Forces forby, are the militar forces o the Kinrick o Saudi Arabie. Thay include the General Staff o the five services responsible for the defence (in order o precedence) the Airmy, the Navy, the Air Forces, the Air Defense, an the Missiles Force, unner the Meenister o Defense an Aviation (MODA). The Saudi Arabian Naitional Gaird (SANG) falls unner the admeenistrative control o the Meenistry o National Gaird, instead o the MODA, as the Ryal Gaird an Border Gaird forces an aw. In addition, the Arabian Kinrick maintains lairge paramilitary forces unner the control of the Meenistry o Interior. Thare is GIP which is the general militar intelligence service an aw.

Saudi Arabian Airmed Forces
Foondit1745; 279 years ago[1]
Current furm1902 (Reconstitutit III)[2]
Service branches Ryal Land Forces
Ryal Naval Forces
Ryal Air Forces
Ryal Air Defense
HeidquartersRiyadh
Leadership
Supreme commanderPrince Mohammad Al Saud
Commander-in-ChiefGeneral Fayyadh Al Ruwaili
Manpower
Militar age17[3]
ConscriptionNae[4]
Active personnel227,000[5]
Deployed personnel
11,200+ (Sep 2015 est.)
 Bahrain1,200
Syne 14 Mairch 2011[6][7]
 Yemen10,000
Syne 26 Mairch 2015[8][9]
 Djibouti – Naval base
Syne 15 October 2015
 Turkey – Unkent
Syne 25 February 2016
Expenditures
BudgetUS$67.6 billion (2018)[10] (ranked 3rd)
Percent o GDP8.8% (2018)[10]
Industry
Domestic suppliers Royal Ceety
SAMIC
SAMI
PSATRI
File:Advanced Electronics Company Logo.png SAEC
Foreign suppliers
Relatit airticles
History
RanksKSA military ranks

The SAAF are ane o the best-fundit defence forces in the warld.[11] Saudi Arabie haes the warld's third lairgest defence budget.[10]

International Institute for Strategic Studies estimates in 2017 leetit a tot o 127,000 personnel (75,000 RSLF; 13,500 Navy; 20,000 Air Force; 16,000 Air Defence; an Strategic Missile Forces 2,500).[12] The RSLF figure is quite possibly inflatit. The Naitional Gaird, wi 100,000 personnel, mony tribal an anelie-available-on-callup, and 24,500 paramilitar personnel roond oot the figures. The IISS Military Balance leets reserve personnel when reliable figures are available, but did nae leet ony reserve personnel for Saudi Arabie.

History eedit

The first steps towards biggin an institutionalised airmed force for Saudi Arabie bygane in the 1940s, when Saudi regulars nummered aiblins 1,000–1,500, Gaub saying that officers maistly came frae the Ottoman troops who haed served the Sharif o Mecca afore his being expelled in 1924.[13] A Meenistry o Defence wis creatit in 1944; a militar schuil foondit in Taif, and the Unitit Kinrick began efforts tae try tae build a professional force. Efter the failure of this UK programme, a subsequent U.S. programme which ran frae 1951 failed tae reach its objective an aw (the creaution for three tae five Regimental Combat Teams. Growth o the airmed forces wis slow, tae some 7,500–10,000 by 1953, and that growth halted towards the end of the 1950s because o poleetical factors (the Free Officers in Egyp; twa plots bi senior officers; an internal Saudi power struggles).

References eedit

  1. Sir James Norman Dalrymple Anderson. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Stacey International, 1983. Pp. 77.
  2. Hertog, Steffen (2007). "Shaping the Saudi state: Human agency's shifting role in the rentier state formation" (PDF). International Journal of Middle East Studies. 39 (4): 539–563. doi:10.1017/S0020743807071073. Archived (PDF) frae the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2012.
  3. "The World Factbook". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 22 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2016.
  4. "Middle East: Saudi Arabia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. 17 October 2018. Archived frae the original on 28 Mey 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2018. Archived 2019-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. International Institute for Strategic Studies (14 Februar 2018). The Military Balance 2018. Routledge. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-85743-955-7.
  6. Shrivastava, Sanskar (15 Mairch 2011). "Saudi Arabian Troops Enter Bahrain, Bahrain Opposition Calls It War". The World Reporter. Archived frae the original on 18 Mairch 2011. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2011.
  7. Henderson, Simon. "Bahrain's Crisis: Saudi Forces Intervene". Washington Institute. Archived frae the original on 4 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 19 Mairch 2016.
  8. Felicia Schwartz, Hakim Almasmari and Asa Fitch (26 Mairch 2015). "Saudi Arabia Launches Military Operations in Yemen". The Wall Street Journal. Archived frae the original on 24 Februar 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  9. "Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes in Yemen". CNN. 26 Mairch 2015. Archived frae the original on 26 Mairch 2015. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2015.
  10. a b c Tian, Nan; Fleurant, Aude; Kuimova, Alexandra; Wezeman, Pieter D.; Wezeman, Siemon T. (28 Apryle 2019). "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2018" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 30 Apryle 2019.
  11. " Archived 2 Januar 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 31 December 2015,
  12. IISS Military Balance 2017, 401.
  13. Gaub, Florence. Gairdians of the Arab State: When militaries intervene in poleetics, frae Iraq tae Mauritanie. Oxford University Press, 2017, 156.

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