Union Defence Forces

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قوات دفاع الاتحاد
Union Defence Forces
Founded 1958
Current form 1988–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 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.