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Saudi Armed Forces

Saudi Arabia Armed Forces

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Flag of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Service branches
Headquarters
Leadership
Commander-in-chief Royal Standard of Saudi Arabia.svg King Salman
Minister of Defense Sa-moda.gif Prince Mohammad Al Saud
Chief of the Joint Staff Sa-cgs.gif General Abdul Rahman Al Banyan
Manpower
Military age 17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service (2012 est.)
Conscription No
Active personnel
440,000 incl: MODA (2015 est.)
Reserve personnel
315,000 incl: SANG (2014 est.)
Deployed personnel


11,200 troops (2015 est.)
List of major deployment:

Expenditures
Budget US$87.2  billion (ranked 3rd)
Percent of GDP 13.7%
FY 2015–16
Industry
Domestic suppliers
Foreign suppliers
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


11,200 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.

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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