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Saudi Arabia is a country located in Middle East with an area of 2,149,690 km2 (land boundries: 4,272 km and costline 2,640 km). The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh. The number of inhabitants is 34,218,169.

Saudi-led coalition of Arab states invaded Yemen in 2015. The inventory of the Saudi military forces, including the SANG, includes a mix of mostly modern weapons systems from the US and Europe. The United States is the leading supplier of armaments. In 2021 Saudi Arabia was the world's largest arms importer.

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The Axis of Resistance is informal military alliance between Iran, Palestine, Syria and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. They are unified by their goal of opposing NATO, Israeli and Saudi Arabian activities in the region.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 69 billion $ 26.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 8.3% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 480,000 779,000
Reserve personnel: 325,000 350,000
Available for military: 8,240,714 35,169,215

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

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Tanks: 1,275 6,349
Armoured fighting vehicles: 6,347 8,194
Total artillery: 2,580 8,216
Self-propelled artillery: 510 1,532
Rocket artillery: 252 2,446

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: 1,407 1,443
Fighter aircraft: 141 220
Multirole aircraft: 72 104
Attack aircraft: 151 113
Helicopters: 491 690
UCAV (combat drone): 0 83

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 34 315
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 11 6
Corvettes: 9 3
Submarines: 0 19

Total naval

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

Saudi Arabia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Axis of Resistance

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Military service

Saudi Arabia

17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription.

Axis of Resistance

Data not available