Editor's Foreword

ARTY 89
SP 155mm 28 (AMX) Mk F3
TOWED 155mm 12 G-5
MRL 4 ASTROS II
MOR 45
SP • 81mm 4: 4 VAB VPM 81
81mm 26: 26 L16
120mm 15: 15 Brandt
AT • MSL 148
SP 24 VAB VCAC HOT
MANPATS 124: 24 HOT; 100 Milan
RCL 84mm ε40 Carl Gustav
navy 1,800 (incl Marine Police)
FORCes by ROle
Navy 1 HQ located at Doha
eQUIpment by type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 21
PFM 7:
4 Barzan (UK Vita) each with 2 quad (8 eff.) each with
MM-40 Exocet tactical SSM, 1 sextuple (6 eff.) with
Mistral SAM, 1 76mm gun
3 Damsah (FRA Combattante III) each with 2 quad (8 eff.)
each with MM-40 Exocet tactical SSM, 1 76mm gun
PB 14+ (11 operated by Marine Police)
AMPHIBIOUS
CRAFT • LCT 1 Rabha (capacity 3 MBT; 110 troops)
FACIlItIes
Bases Located at Doha, Halul Island
coastal Defence
FORCes by ROle
Navy 1 bty with 3 quad (12 eff.) each with MM-40
Exocet tactical SSM
eQUIpment by type
LAUNCHER 3 quad each with MM-40 Exocet SSM
Air Force 1,500
FORCes by ROle
Ftr/FGA 1 sqn with Alpha Jet; 1 sqn with M-2000ED
Mirage; M-2000D Mirage
Tpt 1 sqn with A-340; B-707; B-727; Falcon 900
Atk hel 1 sqn with Commando MK 3 (Exocet);
SA-342L Gazelle (with HOT)
Tpt hel sqn with Commando MK 2A;
Commando MK 2C; SA-341 Gazelle
eQUIpment by type
AIRCRAFT 18 combat capable
FGA 12: 9 M-2000ED Mirage; 3 M-2000D Mirage
TPT 8: 2 C-17A Globemaster; 1 A-340; 2 B-707; 1 B-727; 2
Falcon 900
TRG 6 Alpha Jet*
HELICOPTERS
ASUW 8 Commando MK 3
ATK 11 SA-342L Gazelle*
SPT 24: 18 AW-139 being delivered; 3 Commando MK 2A;
1 Commando MK 2C; 2 SA-341 Gazelle
Middle East and North Africa
269
AD • SAM 75: 24 Mistral
SP 9 Roland II
MANPAD 42: 10 Blowpipe; 12 FIM-92A Stinger; 20 SA-7
Grail
MSL
ASM AM-39 Exocet; Apache; HOT
AAM MICA; R-550 Magic
deplOyment
lebAnOn
UN • UNIFIL 3
FOReIGn FORCes
United Kingdom Air Force: 4 C-130J
United States US Central Command: Army 212; Navy 3;
USAF 181; USMC 36; elm 1 (APS) HBCT set (equipment
in use)
saudi Arabia SAU
Saudi riyal r 2008 2009 2010
GDP R 1.75tr 1.54tr
US$ 468bn 410bn
per capita US$ 16,647 14,316
Growth % 4.4 -0.9
inflation % 9.9 4.5
Def bdgt a R 143bn 154bn
US$ 38.2bn 41.2bn
US$1=r 3.75 3.75
a Defence and security budget
Population 28,686,633
Ethnic groups: Nationals 73% of which Bedouin up to 10%, Shi’a
6%, Expatriates 27% of which Asians 20%, Arabs 6%, Africans 1%,
Europeans