Military of Sudan
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The Sudan People's Armed Forces is a 117,000-member army supported by a strong Air Force and Navy by regional standards. Irregular tribal and former rebel militias and Popular Defence Forces supplement the army’s strength in the field. This is mixed force, having the additional duty of maintaining internal security. Some rebels who fought in the South were former army members. Sudan’s military forces have historically been hampered by limited and outdated equipment. In the 1980s, the U.S. worked with the Sudanese Government to upgrade equipment with special emphasis on airlift capacity and logistics. All U.S. military assistance was terminated following the military coup of 1989.
During the 1990s, periodic purges of the professional officer corps by the ruling Islamist regime has eroded command authority as well as war-fighting capabilities. Indeed, the Sudanese Government admits it is now incapable of carrying out its war aims against the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) without employing former rebel and Arab militias to fight in support of regular troops. Oil revenues have allowed the government to purchase modern weapons systems, including 16 Hind helicopter gun ships, 3 MiG-23, 22 F-7 fighters and fourth generation fighters such as the 24 MiG-29, Antonov medium transport aircraft, mobile artillery pieces, and light assault weapons. Sudan now receives most of its military equipment from the People's Republic of China, Russia, and Libya.
Sudan has a weapons industry called the Military Industry Corporation, which has the military self-sufficient in conventional weapons such as ammunition, machine guns, mortars, artillery, rocket and armored vehicles and Tanks.
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Force Militia
Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 8,739,982 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 5,380,917 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 398,294 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $3 Billion (2001 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.0% (1999)
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This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2007 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
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