Union Defence Forces
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Founded | 1948 |
Current form | 1977–present |
Service branches | • Army • Navy • Air Force |
Headquarters | General Staff Headquarters Nasseria UAR |
Constituting instrument | National Defence Act |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-chief | President Bashar al-Assad |
Minister of Defence | Field Marshal Roman Kindi |
Chief of the General Staff | General Rostem Suheil |
Manpower | |
Military age | 18–49 |
Conscription | All males upon reaching 19 years of age are liable to a service period not exceeding 22 months in the Army, Navy or Air Force |
Available for military service | 144,490,400 |
Fit for military service | 110,684,200 |
Reaching military age annually | 4,915,000 |
Active personnel | 2,930,000 |
Reserve personnel | 3,889,000 |
Deployed personnel | 296,417 |
Expenditures | |
Budget | $933.8 billion |
Percent of GDP | 11.5% |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | • Russia • Iran • China • Vietnam • Cuba • Korea • Germany • Ireland |
Domestic suppliers | • Motefajrat el-Horriyeh • Jaffa Shipyard • All-Union Defence Systems • Sinocrot Aerospace Technologies • Paltech Aerodrome • Kiryat Kohen Defence Labs • Nova Security |
The Union Defence Forces (UDF; Arabic: قوات دفاع الاتحاد quwāt difāʿ al-ittiḥād; commonly known by the acronym قودف qūdif, pronounced [ʔoːdef] ) are the regular armed forces of the Arab Union, consisting of three main service branches: the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as complimentary reserve branches. The Union Defence Forces are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence, and the President of the Arab Union is ex officio commander-in-chief of the UDF according to the 1999 constitution.
The Union Defence Forces have 2.9 million active and 3.9 million reserve personnel; this does not include the over 1.34 million members of the National Guard, which is considered a separate force from the UDF.