Jordanian Armed forces

Jordan
Population
11,042,719
Military budget
2.6 billion $
Active personnel
100,500
Nuclear weapons
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Amman
Area: 89,341 km2
Population: 11,042,719
Etnic groups: Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%
Religions: Muslim 97.2% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1, folk religionist <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1, other <0.1

Military branches

(القوات المسلحة الأردنية) Royal Jordanian Land Force (RJLF), Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya, RJAF), Special Operations Command (Socom); Public Security Directorate.

Military service

17 years of age for voluntary male military service; initial service term 2 years, with option to reenlist for 18 years; conscription at age 18 suspended in 1999; women are not conscripted, but can volunteer to serve in noncombat military positions in the Royal Jordanian Arab Army Women's Corps and RJAF.

Military expenditures

Military budget
2.6 billion $
Percent of GDP
6.5

Manpower

Active personnel
100,500
Reserve
65,000
Available
3,285,575

Land Forces

Tanks
1,588
AFV
3,653
Artillery
633
Self-propelled guns
461
Rocket artillery
88
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

TypeNameNumber
- Al-Hussein (Challenger 1) 460
- Khalid (Chieftain FV4030/2) 390
- Tariq (Centurion) 318

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- RG-33L MRAP 200
- Matador 50
- Marder 1A3 75
- FV103 Spartan 100
- Ferret Hybrid 50
- YPR-765s 540
- Ratel IFV 341
- FV101 Scorpion 50

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
- M110A2 120

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- WM-120 MLRS 24
- AB-19 32
- Hanwha-70 20

Air Forces

Total aircraft
255
Fighters
0
Multirole
44
Attack
4
Helicopters
140
UCAV (combat drone)
0
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Air Tractor AT-802 4

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Mil Mi-26 4
- Boeing AH-6 7
- Eurocopter AS332 10
- Eurocopter AS350 2
- Eurocopter EC635 7

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- -

Navy

Total naval
27
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
0
Corvettes
0
Submarines
0
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- -

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- -

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- -

Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.