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Kazakh Armed Forces

Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Qazaqstannıñ qarulı küşteri
Coat of arms military-of-kazakhstan.svg
Coat of Arms of the Kazakh Armed Forces
Current form 1992
Service branches Republican Guard
Kazakh Ground Forces
Kazakh Air Force
Kazakh Air Defense Forces
Kazakh Naval Forces
Headquarters Astana, Almaty
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief Nursultan Nazarbayev
Minister of Defence Saken Zhasuzakov
Manpower
Military age 18–45 years old;
Conscription One year
Active personnel 37,000 (IISS 2017)
Expenditures
Budget $1.648 billion U$D (FY11)
Percent of GDP 1.1% (2010 est.)
Industry
Domestic suppliers JSC National Company Kazakhstan Engineering
Foreign suppliers  Russia
 United States
 Belarus
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 Israel
 Czech Republic
 China
 India
 Serbia
 Greece
 Germany
 Italy
 France
 Netherlands
 United Kingdom
 Brazil
Related articles
History Civil war in Tajikistan
Iraq War
Kazakh Naval Force
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Kazakh naval emblem
Country Republic of Kazakhstan
Size 3,000 personnel
14 vessels
Insignia
Navy Ensign Naval Ensign of Kazakhstan.svg
Naval Jack Naval Jack of Kazakhstan.svg

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстанның Қарулы күштері, Qazaqstannıñ Qaruwlı küşteri, قازاقستاننىڭ قارۋلى كٷشتەرٸ), is the name of the unified armed forces of Kazakhstan. It consists of the Ground Forces, Air and Air Defence Forces, Naval Forces, and Republican Guard. The national defence policy aims are based on the Constitution of Kazakhstan. They guarantee the preservation of the independence and sovereignty of the state and the integrity of its land area, territorial waters and airspace and its constitutional order. The armed forces of Kazakhstan act under the authority of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Defence.

The Military Balance 2013 reported the armed forces' strength as; Army, 20,000, Navy, 3,000, Air Force, 12,000, and MoD, 4,000. It also reported 31,000 paramilitary personnel.

Kazakhstan, alongside Uzbekistan, has a decent and well-equipped military for the region.

On May 7, 1992, the President of Kazakhstan took a number of actions regarding defence. He signed a decree on the 'establishment of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan', the transformation of the State Committee of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan into the Ministry of Defence, on the attribution of Sagadat Nurmagambetov the military rank of Colonel General, and the appointment of General-Colonel Sagadat Nurmagambetov as Defence Minister of Kazakhstan. Mukhtar Altynbayev served as the Minister of Defence twice, most recently from December 2001 to 10 January 2007.

On June 30, 1992, the Soviet Armed Forces' Turkestan Military District disbanded, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The most powerful grouping of forces from the Turkestan Military District then became the core of Kazakhstan's new military. Kazakhstan acquired all the units of the 40th Army (the former 32nd Army) and part of the 17th Army Corps, including 6 land force divisions, storage bases, the 14th and 35th air-landing brigades, 2 rocket brigades, 2 artillery regiments and a large amount of equipment which had been withdrawn from over the Urals after the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.


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