Editor's Foreword

370 The MiliTAry BAlAnCe 2010
SUDAN
UN • UNAMID 507; 3 obs; 1 engr coy; 1 fd hospital
UN • UNMIS 1,481; 14 obs; 1inf bn; 1 engr coy; 2 avn unit;
1 tpt coy; 1 de-mining coy; 1 fd hospital
TImOR LESTE
UN • UNMIT 4 obs
WESTERN SAHARA
UN • MINURSO 11 obs
FOREIGN FORCES
Unless specified, figures represent total numbers for
UNMOGIP mission in India and Pakistan
Chile 2 obs
Croatia 9 obs
Denmark 1 obs
Finland 5 obs
Italy 7 obs
Korea, Republic of 9 obs
Philippines 3 obs
Sweden 5 obs
United Kingdom some (fwd mounting base) air elm
located at Karachi
Uruguay 2 obs
Sri Lanka LKA
Sri lankan rupee rs 2008 2009 2010
GDP Rs 4.66tr 5.04tr
US$ 43.2bn 44.3bn
per capita US$ 2,043 2,076
Growth % 6.1 3.0
inflation % 22.6 4.6
Def exp Rs 193bn
US$ 1.79bn
Def bdgt Rs 166bn 180bn
US$ 1.54bn 1.57bn
US$1=rs 108 114
Population 21,324,791
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 13% 4% 5% 4% 20% 3%
Female 12% 4% 5% 4% 22% 4%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 160,900 (Army 117,900 navy 15,000 Air
28,000) Paramilitary 62,200
RESERVE 5,500 (Army 1,100 navy 2,400 Air Force
2,000) Paramilitary 30,400
ORGANISATIONS By SERVICE
Army 78,000; 39,900 active reservists (recalled)
(total 117,900)
FORCES By ROLE
9 Div HQ
Armd 3 regt
Armd Recce 3 regt (bn)
Air Mob 1 bde
Inf 33 bde
SF 1 indep bde
Cdo 1 bde
Fd Arty 1 light regt; 2 (med) regt
Fd Engr 3 regt
EQUIPmENT By TyPE
MBT 62 T-55AM2/T-55A
RECCE 15 Saladin
AIFV 62: 13 BMP-1; 49 BMP-2
APC 217
APC (T) 35 Type-85
APC (W) 182: 31 Buffel; 21 FV603 Saracen; 105 Unicorn; 25
BTR-80/BTR-80A
ARTY 460
TOWED 154: 122mm 74; 130mm 40 Type-59-I; 152mm
40 Type-66 (D-20)
MRL 122mm 22 RM-70 Dana
MOR 784: 81mm 520; 82mm 209; 120mm 55 M-43
AT • RCL 40: 105mm ε10 M-65; 106mm ε30 M-40
GUNS 85mm 8 Type-56 (D-44)
UAV 1 Seeker
AD • GUNS • TOWED 27: 40mm 24 L/40; 94mm 3 (3.7in)
RADAR • LAND 2 AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder (arty)
Navy 15,000 (incl 2,400 recalled reservists)
FORCES By ROLE
Navy 1 (HQ and Western comd) located at Colombo
EQUIPmENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 130
PSOH 2: 1 Reliance; 1 Sayurala (IND Vigraha)
PSO 1 Jayesagara
PFM 2 Nandimithra (ISR Sa’ar 4) each with 3 single each
with 1 GII Gabriel II tactical SSM, 1 76mm gun
PCC 11: 3 Abeetha (PRC mod Shanghai); 2 Prathapa (PRC
mod Haizhui); 3 Ranajaya (PRC Haizhui); 1 Ranarisi (PRC
Shanghai II); 2 Weeraya (PRC Shanghai)
PBF 56: 28 Colombo; 3 Dvora; 3 Killer (ROK); 6 Shaldag;
5 Trinity Marine; 8 Super Dvora (Mk1/MkII); 3 Simonneau
(all vessels less than 100 tonnes)
PBR 51
PB 7
AMPHIBIOUS
LSM 1 Yuhai (capacity 2 tanks; 250 troops)
CRAFT 8
LCU 2 Yunnan
LCM 2
LCP 3 Hansaya
ACV 1 M 10 (capacity 56 troops)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 2: 1 TPT; 1 SPT/TRG
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Trincomalee (Main base and Eastern
Comd), Kankesanthurai (Northern Comd), Galle
(Southern Comd), Medawachiya (North Central
Comd) and Colombo (HQ and Western Comd)