Ministry of Defense (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia Armed Forces
Flag of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Service branches	Royal Saudi Land Forces Royal Saudi Air Forces Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces Royal Saudi Navy Forces Royal Saudi Strategic Forces
Headquarters	Ministry of Defense, Riyadh
Leadership
Commander-in-chief	King Salman
Minister of Defense	Prince Mohammad bin Salman
Chief of the Joint Staff	General Abdul Rahman Al Banyan
Manpower
Military age	17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service (2012 est.)
Conscription	No
Active personnel	480,000 incl: MODA (2015 est.)
Reserve personnel	450,000 incl: SANG (2014 est.)
Deployed personnel	15,200 troops (2015 est.) List of major deployment:  Bahrain - 1,200 Since 14 March 2011  Yemen - 10,000 Since 26 March 2015  Djibouti - Naval base Since 15 Oct 2015  Turkey - Unknown Since 25 February 2016
Expenditures
Budget	US$81.9-87.2 billion (2015) (ranked 3rd)
Percent of GDP	13.7% FY 2015–16
Industry
Domestic suppliers	See list Military Industries Corporation (Saudi Arabia) King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Abdallah Al Faris Company for Heavy Industries Alsalam Aircraft Company BAE Systems Saudi Arabia Advanced Electronics Company King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Prince Sultan Advanced Technology Research Institute SELEX Galileo
Foreign suppliers	See list Brazil Australia Poland China Japan Pakistan United States Russia Switzerland Spain Canada France Germany Turkey United Kingdom Italy Ukraine South Korea India South Africa
Related articles
History	Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion Battle of Khakeekera Ottoman–Saudi War Rebellion against Egypt Saudi Civil War Al-Hasa Expedition Battle of Mulayda First Saudi–Rashidi War Battle of Hadia Conquest of al-Hasa Battle of Jarrab First Saudi–Hashemite War Kuwait-Saudi War Second Saudi–Rashidi War Saudi-Transjordan War Second Saudi-Hashemite War Ikhwan Revolt Saudi–Yemeni War First Arab–Israeli War North Yemen Civil War Al-Wadiah War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Gulf War Somali Civil War Bahraini uprising Military intervention against ISIL Yemeni Civil War
Ranks	Army Saudi Arabian military ranks

15,200 troops (2015 est.)
List of major deployment:

Army

The Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces (Arabic: القُوّات المُسَـلَّحَة السُّـعُوديَّة‎, translit. al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥah as-Suʿūdiyyah‎) consists of the Saudi Arabian Army, the Royal Saudi Air Force, the Royal Saudi Navy, the Royal Saudi Air Defense, and the Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force.

In addition the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG), which is one of the three major branches of the Joint Forces of the Kingdom. The national guard is under the administrative control of the Ministry of National Guard, instead of the Ministry of Defence, the Saudi Arabian Royal Guard, and paramilitary forces.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has one of the best-funded defence forces in the Middle East. The kingdom spends 25% of its budget, or about $88 billion, on its military. In terms of manpower, Saudi Arabia has about 688,000 active personnel in its military, with 300,000 army troops.Saudi Arabia also has more than 200,000 men in its national guard and 25,000 tribal levies, which is used primarily to secure internal threats but has been used as an expeditionary force too. The navy has about 60,000 members,air defense forces and strategic rocket forces about 40,000 soldiers. In addition to the air forces with more than 63,000 active employees, also there is a military intelligence service, the General Intelligence Presidency (GIP).

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