Editor's Foreword

324 The MiliTAry BAlAnce 2010
navy ε200
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 4
PCI 1 Shanghai III
PCR 3 (various craft gifted ‘06)
faciliTieS
Base Located at Freetown
deploymenT
lebanon
UN • UNIFIL 2
Sudan
UN • UNMIS 3 obs
UN • UNAMID 11; 4 obs
nepal
UN • UNMIN 2 obs
Timor-leSTe
UN • UNMIT 1 obs
foreign forceS
Canada IMATT 7
Jamaica IMATT 1
Nigeria IMATT 1
United Kingdom IMATT Army: 63 (incl Trg Team, Triservice
HQ and spt)
United States IMATT 3
Somalia SOM
Somali Shilling sh 2008 2009 2010
GDP US$
per capita US$
Definitive economic data unavailable
Population 9,832,017
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 22% 5% 4% 3% 14% 1%
Female 22% 5% 4% 4% 13% 2%
capabilities
No national armed forces since 1991. Transitional
government attempting to establish armed forces but
hampered by defections, financial difficulties, UN arms
embargo and institutional deficiencies. Militia forces
and armed groups within the country. Somaliland and
Puntland have their own militias. Hy equipment in poor
repair or inoperable.
miliTary forceS
Transitional federal government
Army ε2,000 (Ethiopian trained)
SelecTed non-STaTe groupS
A number of groups, including those based on clan ties,
operate forces within Somalia. These include the al-
Shabaab grouping, which is assessed as having artillery
systems, mines and IEDs, mortars and SALW among its
inventory. The strength of the group is not known.
foreign forceS
Burundi AMISOM 2,550; 3 inf bn
Uganda AMISOM 2,550; 3 inf bn
TerriTory Where The recogniSed
auThoriTy (Tfg ) doeS noT eXerciSe
effecTive conTrol
Data presented here represent the de facto situation. This does
not imply international recognition as a sovereign state.
Somaliland
Population 3.5m
Militia unit strengths are not known. Equipment
numbers are generalised assessments; most of this
equipment is in poor repair or inoperable.
organiSaTionS by Service
army ε15,000
forceS by role
Armd 2bde
Mech Inf 1 bde
Inf 14 bde
Arty 2 bde
Spt 1bn
eQuipmenT by Type †
MBT 33: M47; T54/55
RECCE (T) BTR-50
RECCE (W Panhard AML 90; BRDM-2
APC(W) 15-20 Fiat 6614;
ARTY 69
TOWED 122mm 12 D-30
MOR MRL: 8-12 BM21
45: 81mm ; 120mm
AT
RCL 106mm 16 M-40A1
RL 73mm RPG-7 Knout
AD
GUNS numerous†
TOWED 20mm; 23mm ZU-23;
coast guard ε350
ministry of the interior
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 26
PB 7 Dolphin 26
PBR 19
faciliTieS
Base Located at Berbera
Secondary regional bases at Zeylac and Mait