Editor's Foreword

246 ThE MiliTAry BAlANcE 2010
Air Force 14,000
Flying hours 150 hrs/year
FORCes by ROle
Ftr 2 sqn with MiG-25 Foxbat; 4 sqn with MiG-29C
Fulcrum/MiG-29UB Fulcrum; 2 sqn with MiG-
23MF/MS/U Flogger
FGA 1 sqn with Su-30MKA; 2 sqn each with Su-24M
Fencer/Su-24MK Fencer D; 2 sqn with MiG-23BN
Flogger; 1 sqn with MiG-29UBT
Recce 1 sqn with Su-24E Fencer; 1 sqn with MiG-25R
Foxbat
MR 2 sqn with Beech 200T Maritime Patrol
Tpt 2 sqn with C-130H Hercules; C-130H-30 Hercules;
Gulfstream IV-SP; Gulfstream V; Il-76MD Candid
B; Il-76TD Candid; L-100-30; 2 (VIP) sqn with F-27
Friendship; Falcon 900
Tkr 1 sqn with Il-78 Midas
Atk hel 4 sqn with Mi-24 Hind
Tpt hel 7 sqn with AS-355 Ecureuil; Mi-17/Mi-8 Hip; Mi-
171
Trg 2 sqn with Z-142; 1 sqn with Yak-130; 2 sqn 36
L-39ZA; L-39C Albatros; hel sqn with 28 PZL
Mi-2 Hoplite
AD 3 bde with 725 100mm/130mm/85mm
SAM 3 regt with ε140 SA-2 Guideline/SA-3 Goa/SA-6
Gainful/SA-8 Gecko (140–840 eff.)
eQUIpment by type
AIRCRAFT 197 combat capable
FTR 55: 12 MiG-25 Foxbat; 25 MiG-29C Fulcrum/MiG-
29UB Fulcrum; 18 MiG-23MF/MS/U Flogger
FGA 134: 28 Su-30MKA; 34 MiG-29SMT/ UBT; 34 Su-
24M/Su-24MK Fencer D; 38 MiG-23BN Flogger
RECCE 14: 6 Beech 1900D (electronic surveillance); 4
MiG-25R Foxbat*; 4 Su-24E Fencer*
MP 6 Beech 200T Maritime Patrol (additional units on
order)
TKR 6 Il-78 Midas
TPT 39: 9 C-130H; 8 C-130H-30 Hercules; 3 F-27 Friendship;
3 Falcon 900; 4 Gulfstream IV-SP; 1 Gulfstream V; 3 Il-
76MD Candid B; 6 Il-76TD Candid; 2 L-100-30
TRG 99: 16 Yak-130; 36 L-39ZA Albatros; 7 L-39C; 40
Z-142
HELICOPTERS
ATK 33 Mi-24 Hind
SPT 114: 8 AS-355 Ecureuil; 42 Mi-171; 64 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT)
Hip H/Mi-8 Hip
TRG 28 PZL Mi-2 Hoplite
AD
SAM ε140 SA-2 Guideline Towed/SA-3 Goa/SA-6 Gainful
SP/SA-8 Gecko SP (140–840 eff.)
GUNS 725 100mm/130mm/85mm
MSL
ASM AS-10 Karen; AS-12 Kegler; AS-14 Kedge; AS-17
Krypton; AS-7 Kerry
AAM AA-10 Alamo; A-11 Archer; AA-2 Atoll; AA-6 Acrid;
AA-7 Apex; AA-8 Aphid
paramilitary ε187,200
Gendarmerie 20,000
Ministry of Defence
FORCes by ROle
Army 6 region
eQUIpment by type
RECCE AML-60/110 M-3 Panhard APC (W)
APC (W) 100 TH 390 Fahd
HELICOPTERS • SPT PZL Mi-2 Hoplite
National Security Forces 16,000
Directorate of National Security. Small arms
republican Guard 1,200
RECCE AML-60
APC (T) M-3
legitimate Defence Groups ε150,000
Self-defence militia, communal guards (60,000)
seleCted nOn-stAte GROUps
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb/Groupe Salafiste
pour la Predication et le Combat (GSPC) Est strength:
500 (GSPC) Major equipments include: mines and IEDs;
mortars; SALW
deplOyment
demOCRAtIC RepUblIC OF COnGO
UN • MONUC 5 obs
bahrain BHR
Bahraini Dinar D 2008 2009 2010
GDP D 7.6bn 7.7bn
US$ 20bn 20bn
per capita US$ 27,810 27,446
Growth % 6.1 3.0
inflation % 3.5 3.0
Def bdgt D 210m 265m 279m
US$ 552m 697m
FMA (US) US$ 3.9m 8m 19.5m
US$1=D 0.38 0.38
Population 728,709
Ethnic groups: Nationals 64%; Asian 13%; other Arab 10%; Iranian
8%; European 1%)
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 14% 4% 4% 4% 28% 2%
Female 14% 4% 4% 3% 17% 2%
capabilities
ACtIve 8,200 (Army 6,000 Navy 700 Air 1,500)
Paramilitary 11,260