Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force

Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force
Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force
قوة الصواريخ الاستراتيجية الملكية السعودية
Founded	8 September 1986
Country	Saudi Arabia
Type	Strategic missile force
Size	2,500 personnel
Part of	Royal Armed Forces GSP (as of 1987);
Headquarters	Riyadh; 4 (or 5) bases
Anniversaries	8 September (37 years ago)
Commanders
Current; commander	Lt. General Jarallah Alaluwayt
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The Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force (Arabic: قوة الصواريخ الإستراتيجية الملكية السعودية) or RSSMF is the fifth branch of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces, responsible for commissioning long-range strategic missiles. The RSSMF formerly had its headquarters in an underground command facility in Riyadh– the capital of Saudi Arabia.

The facility coordinated Saudi Arabia's advanced "Peace Shield" radar and air defense systems. In July 2013, the new RSSMF headquarters and academy buildings were officially opened by Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz and current RSSMF commander Lieutenant general Jarallah Alaluwayt.^[2]^[3]

^ IISS (2021). The Military Balance 2021. Routledge. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-032-01227-8.
^ @ SaudiArmyNews "Arabic:المملكة العربية السعودية هي الدولة العربية الوحيدة التي من ضمن فروع قواتها المسلحة فرع رئيسي يسمى - Saudi Arabia is the only Arab country with a "Strategic Missile Force" branch Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Twitter @ SaudiArmyNews, July 2013.
^ "Arabic:قوة الصواريخ الإستراتيجية الملكية السعودية - The power of the Saudi royal strategic missiles". National Kuwait. July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

[1] IISS (2021). The Military Balance 2021. Routledge. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-032-01227-8.

[2] @ SaudiArmyNews "Arabic:المملكة العربية السعودية هي الدولة العربية الوحيدة التي من ضمن فروع قواتها المسلحة فرع رئيسي يسمى - Saudi Arabia is the only Arab country with a "Strategic Missile Force" branch Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Twitter @ SaudiArmyNews, July 2013.

[3] "Arabic:قوة الصواريخ الإستراتيجية الملكية السعودية - The power of the Saudi royal strategic missiles". National Kuwait. July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

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