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Peninsula Shield Force Iraq

The Peninsula Shield Force is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members of PSF: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. As of March 2011, the Peninsula Shield Force was commanded by Saudi Major General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima and has about 40 thousand troops.

Iraq is a country located in Middle East with an area of 437,072 km2 (land boundries: 3,809 km and costline 58 km). The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The number of inhabitants is 38,433,600.

The Iraqi military inventory is comprised of a mix of equipment from a wide variety of sources, including Europe, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, and the US. Russia and the USA are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 105.4 billion $ 10 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 3.5%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 696,550 193,000
Reserve personnel: 520,000 553,000
Available for military: 11,870,201 11,700,000

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 1,767 848
Armoured fighting vehicles: 16,249 5,284
Total artillery: 3,040 1,969
Self-propelled artillery: 739 283
Rocket artillery: 407 424

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 2,122 379
Fighter aircraft: 141 0
Multirole aircraft: 255 26
Attack aircraft: 157 32
Helicopters: 793 203
UCAV (combat drone): 6 14

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 205 68
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 11 0
Corvettes: 21 2
Submarines: 0 0

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Peninsula Shield Force

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Iraq

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Peninsula Shield Force

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Iraq

18-49 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription.