Ministry of Defense and Aviation

Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces
Founded	1745
Current form	15 January 1902
Service branches	Royal Saudi Arabian Army Royal Saudi Arabian Navy Royal Saudi Air Forces Royal Saudi Air Defense Royal S.A. Strategic Forces
Headquarters	King Rd, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Leadership
Supreme Commander	King Salman
Minister of Defense	C. Prince Mohammad Al Saud
Chief of Joint Staff	Gen. Abdul Rahman Al Banyan
Manpower
Military age	17
Conscription	No
Active personnel	478,000 incl: MODA
Reserve personnel	325,000 incl: SANG
Deployed personnel	11,200+ (Sep 2015 est.)  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$63.7 billion (ranked 4th)
Percent of GDP	10%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 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 Belarus South Korea South Africa
Related articles
History	See list *Battle of Riyadh (1746) Battle of Al-Hayer (1764) Battle of ghrimeel (1789) Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion (1793) Invasion of Qatar (1793–1798) Battle of Khakeekera (1801) Ottoman–Saudi War (1811–1818) Rebellion against Egypt Eyalet (1821–1824) Saudi Civil War (1865–1875) Al-Hasa Expedition (1870–1871) Battle of Arwa (1883) (1883) Battle of Mulayda (1891) Battle of Riyadh (1902) Battle of Dilam (1903) First Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907) Battle of Hadia (1910) Conquest of al-Hasa (1913) Battle of Jarrab (1915) Battle of Kinzaan (1915) First Saudi–Hashemite War (1918–1919) Kuwait-Saudi War (1919–1920) Second Saudi–Rashidi War (1921) Saudi-Transjordan War (1922) Second Saudi-Hashemite War (1924–1925) Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930) Saudi–Yemeni War (1934) First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) North Yemen Civil War (1962–1965) Al-Wadiah War (1969) Ramadan War (1973) Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) Grand Mosque Seizure (1979) Attacks on shipping (1984) Gulf War (1990–1991) Somali Civil War (1993) Operation Scorched Earth (2009) Bahraini uprising (2011–Present) Military intervention against ISIL (2014–Present) Yemeni Civil War (2015–Present)
Ranks	Saudi Arabian military ranks

The Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces (Arabic: القُوّات المُسَـلَّحَة المَلكيَّة السُّـعُوديَّة‎, translit. al-Quww?t al-Musalla?ah as-Su??diyyah) is the Armed Forces, 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).