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Sri Lankan Armed Forces

Sri Lankan Armed Forces
Service branches Sri Lanka Army
Sri Lanka Navy
Sri Lanka Air Force
Headquarters Colombo
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief President Maithripala Sirisena
Minister of Defence President Maithripala Sirisena
Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Gunathilake
Manpower
Military age 18 years of age
Conscription None
Available for
military service
5,342,147 males, age 16-49 (2010 est.),
5,466,409 females, age 16-49 (2010 est.)
Fit for
military service
4,177,432 males, age 16-49 (2010 est.),
4,574,833 females, age 16-49 (2010 est.)
Reaching military
age annually
167,026 males (2010 est.),
162,587 females (2010 est.)
Expenditures
Budget US$2.4 billion (2016) /LKR 307 billion
Percent of GDP 2.2% (2015)
Industry
Domestic suppliers Colombo Dockyard
SLEME
Annual imports

China China
India India
Israel Israel

Pakistan Pakistan
Annual exports

India India
Maldives Maldives

Nigeria Nigeria
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History

Congo Crisis
First JVP Insurrection
Second JVP Insurrection
Sri Lankan Civil War


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