United Arab Emirates Armed Forces

United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة (Arabic)
Seal of the Armed Forces
Flag of the Armed Forces
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Service branches	UAE Army UAE Navy  UAE Air Force UAE Presidential Guard United Arab Emirates Joint Aviation Command[1] United Arab Emirates National Guard [2]
Website	Ministry of Defence
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister & Minister of Defence	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Chief of Staff	Lt Gen Issa Al Mazrouei
Vice Chief of Staff	Major General Ahmed Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan
Personnel
Military age	18 years
Active personnel	150,000[3]
Reserve personnel	180,000
Expenditure
Budget	US$24.4 billion (2024)
Percent of GDP	5.6%
Industry
Domestic suppliers	EDGE Group PJSC
Foreign suppliers	Australia  Belgium  Brazil  Canada  Czech Republic  Finland  France  Germany  India  Iran  Israel  Italy  Japan  South Korea  Netherlands  Poland  Russia  Singapore  South Africa  Sweden  Switzerland  Taiwan  Turkey  Ukraine  United Kingdom  United States
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Ranks	Military ranks of United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, romanized: Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa li-Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah) are the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates. They are also occasionally referred to as "Little Sparta", a nickname that was given by former United States Marine Corps General and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, due to their active and effective military role and power projection in the surrounding region compared to their relative size.^[4][5]