Saudi Arabian Military Forces

Saudi Arabian Military Forces
Saudi Arabian Military Forces
‎القوات العسكرية العربية السعودية
	Emblem of the Military Forces
Founded	1744
Current form	1902
Service branches	Royal Saudi Land Forces; Royal Saudi Air Force; Royal Saudi Naval Forces; Royal Saudi Air Defense; Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force; Saudi Arabian National Guard; Saudi Arabian Royal Guard; Saudi Arabian Border Guard; Saudi Arabian Emergency Force; Special Security Forces; Special Security Unit
Headquarters	Riyadh
Leadership
Supreme Commander	King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Personnel
Military age	17
Conscription	No
Active personnel	480,700
Deployed personnel	11,200 (2015 est.) Bahrain 14 March 2011; Yemen 26 March 2015; Djibouti 15 October 2015;
Expenditure
Budget	US$48.5 billion (9th)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Royal City; SAMIC; SAMI; PSATRI; SAEC
Foreign suppliers	Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Indonesia; Italy; Japan; South Korea; Netherlands; Poland; Russia; Singapore; South Africa; Sweden; Taiwan; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States
Related articles
History	List of Wars; Top leaders;
Ranks	KSA military ranks

The Saudi Arabian Military Forces (Arabic: ‎القوات العسكرية العربية السعودية Al-Quwwat al-Askariyah Arabīyah as-Su’ūdiyah) (SAMF) is the umbrella term for all the military forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Although militarized in nature, each is independent of the other in that they fall under the control of different ministries and/or chain of command. They include: the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia (under the Ministry of Defense), the Saudi Arabian National Guard (under the Ministry of National Guard), the Saudi Arabian Border Guard (under the Ministry of Interior), the Saudi Arabian Royal Guard (under the Presidency of the Royal Guard), the Special Operations Forces (under the Presidency of State Security), and the Special Security Unit (affiliated with the General Intelligence Presidency).

The King of Saudi Arabia is the supreme commander of all military forces. The current king is Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

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