Editor's Foreword

AMPHIBIOUS 4
LS 1
LST 1 Ibn Harissa (capacity 1 SA-316B Alouette III
utl hel; 11 MBT; 240 troops); (2nd vessel undergoing
reactivation)
CRAFT 3† LCT
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 12:
ARS 1
TPT 10 El Temsah
YDT 1
FACIlItIes
Bases Located at Tripoli, Benghazi, Tobruk, Khums
Minor bases Located at Derna, Zuwurah, Misonhah
coastal Defence
FORCes by ROle
Msl 1 bty with SS-C-3 Styx
eQUIpment by type
MSL • TACTICAL • SSM: some SS-C-3 Styx
Naval Aviation
HELICOPTERS • SAR 7 SA-321 Super Frelon (air force
assets)
Air Force 18,000
Flying hours 85 hrs/year
FORCes by ROle
Bbr 1 sqn with Tu-22 Blinder
Ftr 9+ sqn with Mirage F-1ED (F-1E); MiG-25 Foxbat;
MiG-23 Flogger; MiG-21 Fishbed; Mirage F-1BD
(F-1B); MiG-25U Foxbat
FGA 7 sqn with Su-24MK Fencer D; Mirage F-1AD (F-
1A); MiG-23BN Flogger H; Su-17M-2 Fitter D/Su-
20 (Su-17M) Fitter C; MiG-23U Flogger
Recce 2 sqn with MiG-25R Foxbat; Mirage 5DP30
Tpt 7 sqn with An-124 Condor; An-26 Curl; C-130H
Hercules; G-222; Il-76 Candid; L-100-20; L-100-30;
L-410 Turbolet
Atk hel sqns with Mi-25 Hind D; Mi-35 Hind
Tpt hel sqns with CH-47C Chinook (hy); Mi-17 (Mi-8MT)
Hip H/Mi-8 Hip (med); AB-206 (Bell 206) Jet
Ranger (lt); SA-316 Alouette III
Trg sqns with Tu-22 Blinder; G-2 Galeb; L-39ZO
Albatros; SF-260WL Warrior; PZL Mi-2 Hoplite
eQUIpment by type
(many non-operational, many ac in store)
AIRCRAFT 374 combat capable
BBR 7 Tu-22 Blinder
FTR 229: 15 Mirage F-1ED (F-1E); 94 MiG-25 Foxbat; 75
MiG-23 Flogger; 45 MiG-21 Fishbed
FGA 113: 6 Su-24MK Fencer D; 14 Mirage F-1AD (F-1A);
40 MiG-23BN Flogger H; 53 Su-17M-2 Fitter D/Su-20 (Su-
17M) Fitter C
RECCE 7 MiG-25R Foxbat
TPT 85+: 2 An-124 Condor; 23 An-26 Curl; 15 C-130H
Hercules; G-222; 25 Il-76 Candid; 2 L-100-20; 3 L-100-30;
15 L-410 Turbolet
Middle East and North Africa
263
TRG 250: 90 G-2 Galeb; 115 L-39ZO Albatros; 15 MiG-23U
Flogger*; 3 MiG-25U Foxbat*; 4 Mirage 5DP30*; 3 Mirage
F-1BD (F-1B)*; 20 SF-260WL Warrior
HELICOPTERS
ATK 35: 23 Mi-25 Hind D; 12 Mi-35 Hind
SPT 85: 4 CH-47C Chinook (hy); 35 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip
H/Mi-8 Hip (med); 46 PZL Mi-2 Hoplite
UTL 16: 5 AB-206 (Bell 206) Jet Ranger (lt); 11 SA-316
Alouette III (lt)
MSL
ASM AS-11 Kilter; AS-7 Kerry; AS-9 Kyle; AT-2 Swatter
ARM AS-11 Kilter
AAM AA-2 Atoll; AA-6 Acrid; AA-7 Apex; AA-8 Aphid;
R-550 Magic; R530
Air Defence command
Senezh AD comd and control system
FORCes by ROle
AD 5 region (with ε3 AD bde each with 20–24 SA-6
Gainful/SA-8 Gecko 2–3 AD bde each with 12 SA-3
Goa, 5–6 AD bde each with 18 SA-2 Guideline); 4 bde
with SA-5A Gammon (each: 1 radar coy, 2 AD bn
with 6 launcher, 4+ ADA bn with guns)
eQUIpment by type
AD
SAM 216+:
SP 72 SA-6 Gainful/SA-8 Gecko (216–432 eff.)
TOWED 144: 108 SA-2 Guideline
STATIC SA-5A Gammon; 36 SA-3 Goa
GUNS some
deplOyment
phIlIppInes
Army 6 obs (Awaiting potential IMT reactivation)
mauritania MRT
Mauritanian
Ouguiya OM
2008 2009 2010
GDP OM 724bn
US$ 3.0bn
per capita US$ 967
Growth % 2.2 2.3
inflation % 7.3 4.9
Def bdgt OM ε5.0bn
US$ ε20m
US$1=OM 245 260
Population 3,129,486
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 23% 5% 4% 4% 12% 1%
Female 23% 5% 4% 4% 13% 1%
capabilities
ACtIve 15,870 (Army 15,000 Navy 620 Air 250)
Paramilitary 5,000
Terms of service conscription 24 months authorised
Middle East and
North Africa