Editor's Foreword

MOR 120mm/160mm 100+
AT
MSL • MANPATS 200 AT-3 9K11 Sagger/AT-5 9K113
Spandrel
RL 73mm RPG-7 Knout
GUNS 85mm D-44
AD • SAM • MANPAD SA-7 Grail
GUNS 70+
SP 23mm ZSU-23-4
TOWED 23mm ZU-23
navy 1,400
forceS by role
Navy 1 HQ located at Massawa
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 13
PFM 1 Osa II† with 4 single each with SS-N-2B Styx
tactical SSM
PFI 4 Super Dvora less than 100 tonnes
PCI 3 Swiftships
PBF 5 Battalion-17
AMPHIBIOUS
LS • LST 2: 1 Chamo† (Ministry of Transport); 1 Ashdod†
faciliTieS
Bases Located at Massawa, Assab, Dahlak
air force ε350
forceS by role
Ftr/FGA sqn with MiG-29 Fulcrum; Su-27 Flanker;
MiG-23 Flogger†; MiG-21 Fishbed†; MiG-29UB
Fulcrum; Su-27UBK Flanker
Tpt sqn with IAI-1125 Astra; Y-12(II)
Trg sqn with L-90 Redigo; MB-339CE*
Hel sqn with Mi-24-4 Hind; Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip H/
Mi-8 Hip
eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT 31 combat capable
FTR 23: 8 MiG-29 Fulcrum; 8 Su-27 Flanker; 4 MiG-23
Flogger†; 3 MiG-21 Fishbed†
TPT 4: 1 IAI-1125 Astra; 3 Y-12(II)
TRG 16: 8 L-90 Redigo; 4 MB-339CE*; 2 MiG-29UB
Fulcrum* ; 2 Su-27UBK Flanker
HELICOPTERS
ATK 1 Mi-24-4 Hind
SPT 8: 4 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip H/Mi-8 Hip; 4 Agusta-Bell
412
ethiopia ETH
Sub-Saharan Africa
307
ethiopian Birr eB 2008 2009 2010
GDP ΕB 285bn 355bn
US$ 29.8bn 28.2bn
per capita US$ 362 331
Growth % 11.6 7.5
inflation % 25.3 36.4
Def bdgt ΕB 3.5bn 4.0bn
US$ 366m 317m
FMA (US) US$ 0.8m 0.8m 3.0m
US$1=eB 9.5 12.6
Population 85,237,338
ethnic groups: Oromo 40%; Amhara and Tigrean 32%; Sidamo
9%; Shankella 6%; Somali 6%; Afar 4%
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 22% 6% 5% 4% 13% 1%
Female 22% 6% 5% 4% 13% 1%
capabilities
acTive 138,000 (Army 135,000 Air 3,000)
organiSaTionS by Service
army 135,000
forceS by role
4 Mil Regional Commands (Northern, Western, Central,
and Eastern) each acting as corps HQ and one functional
(Support) Command; strategic reserve of 4 divs and 6
specialist bdes centred on Addis Ababa.
Army 4 corps HQ (each: 1 mech div, 4-6 inf div)
eQuipmenT by Type
MBT 246+ T-54/T-55/T-62
RECCE/AIFV/APC (W) ε450 BRDM/BMP/BTR-60/BTR-
152/Type 89
ARTY 460+
SP 10+: 122mm 2S1 Carnation; 152mm 10 2S19 Farm
TOWED 400+: 76mm ZIS-3 M-1942; 122mm ε400 D-30/
(M-30) M-1938; 130mm M-46
MRL 122mm ε50 BM-21
MOR 81mm M-1/M-29; 82mm M-1937; 120mm M-1944
AT • MSL • MANPATS AT-3 9K11 Sagger; AT-4 9K111 Spigot
RCL 82mm B-10; 107mm B-11
GUNS 85mm εD-44
AD • SAM ε370
TOWED SA-2 Guideline/SA-3 Goa
MANPAD SA-7 Grail
GUNS
SP 23mm ZSU-23-4
TOWED 23mm ZU-23; 37mm M-1939; 57mm S-60
air force 3,000
forceS by role
FGA sqns with Su-27 Flanker; MiG-21MF Fishbed J;
Su-25T Frogfoot; MiG-23BN Flogger H; Su-25UB
Frogfoot B
Sub-Saharan
Africa