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UAE Armed forces

United Arab Emirates
Population
9,282,410
Military budget
24.4 billion $
Active personnel
150,000
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Abu Dhabi
Area: 83,600 km2
Population: 9,282,410
Etnic groups: Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other 8%
Religions: Muslim 76%, Christian 9%, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist) 15%

Military branches

Union Defence Force (القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة‎‎) Land Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense, Presidential Guard

Military service

18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men, optional service for women; 17 years of age for male volunteers with parental approval; 2-year general obligation, 9 months for secondary school graduates; women may train for 9 months regardless of education.

Military expenditures

Military budget
24.4 billion $
Percent of GDP
5.6

Manpower

Active personnel
150,000
Reserve
180,000
Available
3,240,000

Land Forces

Tanks
354
AFV
8,372
Artillery
364
Self-propelled guns
165
Rocket artillery
100
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
Leclerc EAU Tropicalized 354

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
BMP-3 652
FNSS ACV-300 136
- Otokar Arma Rabdan 700
- Patria AMV 45
Fuchs 32
- RG 31 Mk5 MRAP 76
Oshkosh M-ATV 750
Navistar MaxxPro 3375
- Nimr Jais 500
- BAE Caiman 931
- Nimr/AJBAN 500
- Nimr Hafeet 675

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
M109 A3 87
G6 SPG 78

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
HIMARS 32
- TRG-300 3
- T-122 Sakarya 48
- SR-5 5
- K239 Chunmoo 12

Air Forces

Total aircraft
518
Fighters
0
Multirole
136
Attack
0
Helicopters
239
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

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Eurocopter AS332 4
- AgustaWestland AW109 3
- Eurocopter AS550 3
- Bell 505 12
- Bell 407 43
- Bell 412 4
UH-60 Black Hawk 80
AH-64D Apache 30
CH-47 Chinook 28
AS 565SB Panther 12
- AgustaWestland AW139 12
- Eurocopter AS350 8

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
CAIG Wing Loong -
- Vestel Karayel -
Baykar Bayraktar TB2 -
MQ-1 Predator -

Navy

Total naval
83
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
0
Corvettes
11
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
- Abu-Dhabi class 1
- Baynunah class 6
- Muray-Jib 2
Bani Yas (Gowind-class) 2

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- -

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.