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Armies of the world. Saudi Arabia

Population: 22,205 million people. The military budget is 27,2 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces are 126500 people. The National Guard - 75 000 people. Militarized formations - 15 500 people, including frontier troops - 10 500, coastguard - 4 500, security forces - 500, civil defence elements. Recruitment for the army is voluntary. Mobilization resources - 5,9 million people, including 3,4 million able-bodied men.

Land forces: 75 000 people, 9 brigades (3 armoured, 5 mechanized, 1 airborne), the regiment of royal guard, 8 artillery battalions, the command of army-co-operation aircraft (2 brigades). Arms: 10 tactical rockets, 1 055 tanks (of them 315 M1A2 ), 970 infantry fighting vehicles (of them 400 Bradley), 300 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 1 900 armored troop carriers, 248 towed ordnance, 200 155 mm self-propelled guns, 60 missile systems Astros-2, 510 mortars, about 1 000 portable surface-to-air missile systems, up to 2 000 missile systems, 65 army-co-operation helicopters (of them 12 Apache).

National Guard: 75 000 people, 3 mechanized and 5 motorized infantry brigades, the cavalry squadron of the guard of honour. Arms: 730 armored troop carriers, 190 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 70 105 mm towed field artillery guns, more than 100 antitank missile systems.

Air defence: 16 000 people. 33 SAM batteries (16 batteries Advanced Hawk, 128 surface-to-air guided missile systems, and 17 mixed batteries Shahinya / 30 mm antiaircraft guns, 68 surface-to-air guided missile systems and 50 antiaircraft guns), 73 detached stationary elements of SAM systems Shahinya/SAM systems Crotal. Arms: surface-to-air guided missile systems: 141 Shahinya, 128 Advanced Hawk, 40 Crotal. Antiaircraft guns: 90 20 mm Vulkan, 50 30 mm AMX-30SA, 128 35 mm, 150 40 mm L/70 (mothballed).

Air force: 20 000 people, 4176 planes. Tactical elements: 7 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 6 fighter air squadrons, 1 reconnaissance air squadron, 1 radar and command squadron, 3 transport squadrons, 2 helicopter squadrons. Planes and helicopters: 77 F-5 Е and F, 76 Tornado-IDS, 142 F-15 (C, D and S), 24 Tornado-ADV, 10 RF-5E, 50 Hawk (Mk65 and Mk65A), 50 PC-9, 4 Cessna 172, 5 E-3A, 8 KE-3A, 7 KC-130H, 41 C-130 E and H, 8 L-100-30HS, Boeing 747SP, Boeing 737-200, 4 BAe 125-800, 2 C-140, 4 CN-235, 2 Gulf Stream - 3, 2 Lirjet-35, 6 VC-130H, Cessna 310, 22 AB-205, 25 AB-206B, 28 AB-212, 12 AS-332, 3 AS-61, S-70.

Naval forces: about 15 500 people (including 3000 marines). Navy: 4 frigates with guided missiles pr. F-2000S, 4 corvettes Badr, 9 missile boats Al-Siddik, 17 big and 39 small patrol boats, 7 minesweepers (3 Sendaun, 4 Bluebird), 4 storm-boats, 12 support vessels (including 2 supply ships Durance, 3 towboats, 1 rescue ship, 1 command ship, the royal yacht). Naval aircraft: helicopters - 21 SA-365F/N, 18 AS-332B/F. Marines: 1 regiment (2 battalions), 140 BMR-600P. Coastguard: 4 500 people, 4 big and about 30 small patrol boats, 16 air cushion boats.





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