Structure of the armed forces of world powers

Type

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Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Total personnel 1,365,800 (including 199,850 women, excluding Coast Guard);

reserve military personnel - 1,211,500 people.

US Strategic Command provides overall senior military leadership of the country's Navy and Air Force.

The strategic intelligence center unites intelligence bases located in satellite countries, equipped with high-precision visual surveillance, electronic reconnaissance, detection of detonation from nuclear explosions, etc.

Strategic defense capabilities led by General Headquarters Space Command, North American Aerospace Command and United States Strategic Command, including various detection and early warning systems.

Ground forces (471,000 people, including 71,400 women), including:

- three main headquarters of armies, four main headquarters of military branches.

Navy (370,700 people, including 52,050 women). Consists of the Pacific and Atlantic fleets. Surface ships are grouped into five fleets: 2nd Atlantic, 3rd Pacific, 5th Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, 6th Mediterranean, 7th Western Pacific. Among them:

— 74 submarines (of which 18 are strategic, 55 are tactical);

— 126 leading surface combatants;

- 12 aircraft carriers, 27 cruisers, 52 destroyers, 35 frigates.

Marine Corps (169,800 people, including 10,100 women).

Coast Guard (36,230 military, 5,910 civilian, including 3,540 women).

Air Force (353,600 people, including 66,300 women). Among them:

— tactical forces (52 squadrons, one squadron can have 12–24 combat units; armed with F-15, F-15E, F-16C, A-10, F-117);

— support forces (more than 120 squadrons, including aircraft equipped with early detection and control systems, strategic and tactical aviation);

— long-range aviation (208 combat units);

— tactical aviation (2529 combat units in service and 1004 units in reserve);

— military transport aircraft (over 1000 units);

— helicopter units (over 200 units);

— reserve military personnel, of which 106,600 people are in the national air defense forces, 73,700 people in the Air Force.

Special forces , including:

— ground units (15,300 people in active service, 10,600 people in reserve);

— naval units (4,000 people in active service and 1,400 people in reserve);

- Air Force (9,320 people on active duty).

International deployment forces , including:

- troops of the European command (about 114,000 people);

— forces of the unified command (about 25,000 people; deployed on the East Coast, Bermuda, Cuba, Haiti, Iceland, Portugal, Great Britain).

Troops based abroad (includes UN troops and peacekeeping forces; total number is about 10,500; deployed in Bosnia, Croatia, East Timor, Georgia, Iraq/Kuwait, etc.).

The paramilitary force is a civilian air surveillance service (53,000 strong) and is led by eight main headquarters located in eight geographic regions.

UK AF

The total number of personnel is 212,450 people (including 15,060 women);

There are 302,850 reserve military personnel.

Strategic forces (1900 people).

Ground forces (113,950 people).

Navy (43,770 people).

Air Force (54,730 people).

Internationally deployed forces (including General Headquarters Northern Ireland, Army, Navy and Air Force).

Troops based abroad (stationed in Antarctica, Belgium, Brunei, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, etc.).

Foreign military forces (US and NATO troops).

GERMAN AF

The total number of personnel is 321,000 people (including 128,400 conscripts for compulsory military service, 4,500 women); the duration of compulsory military service for conscripts is 10 months, for contract volunteers 12–23 months;

364,300 reserve military personnel (men of enlisted personnel under the age of 45, officers - up to 60 years).

Ground forces (221,100 people, including 102,100 conscripts, 3,000 women; headed by the Main Command of the Ground Forces, the Main Command of Support Troops and the command of the combat arms).

Navy (26,600 people, including 4,200 naval aviation personnel, 5,500 conscripts, 500 women).

Air Force (73,300 people, including 20,800 conscripts, 1,000 women).

Troops based abroad (including the Navy, US Army, peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, Georgia and Yugoslavia).

Foreign military forces (troops of NATO countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain).

FRENCH AF

The total number of personnel is 294,430 people (including 58,710 conscripts for compulsory military service, 18,920 women);

There are 419,000 reserve military personnel (this contingent of troops has been in a state of reorganization since 1999).

Strategic nuclear forces (8,400 people; of which 4,700 people are in the Navy, 3,100 people are in the Air Force and 600 people are in the gendarmerie), including four submarines with 64 ballistic missiles, three air squadrons with 60 Mirage 2000 aircraft.

Ground forces (169,300 people, including 47,000 conscripts, 9,150 women) under the General Staff of the Ground Forces, five regional main headquarters and five operational headquarters.

Foreign Legion (8000 people).

Marine Corps (16,500 people).

Special Forces.

Navy (97,000 people, including 2,000 marines, 3,500 naval aviation, 5,020 conscripts, 3,470 women).

Air Force (60,500 people, including 5,940 conscripts, 5,500 civilian personnel, 6,300 women, excluding personnel of the Strategic Nuclear Forces).

Troops based abroad (stationed in Germany, the Antilles, French Guiana, New Caledonia, Polynesia, Chad, Gabon, Senegal, etc.).

Paramilitary forces (gendarmerie; 94,950 people).

Foreign military forces (Singapore Air Force).

AF JAPAN

The total number of personnel is 236,700 people (including the staff of the main headquarters (1,400 people) and about 9,800 women);

There are 49,200 reserve military personnel.

Ground Forces ( Ground Self-Defense Forces ) (148,500 personnel under the command of five Main Headquarters of the Ground Self-Defense Forces, divided along territorial lines).

Naval Self-Defense Force (42,600 personnel, including 12,000 air force personnel and 12,000 women; consists of surface ships in four flotillas).

Air Self-Defense Force (44,200 people).

Troops based abroad (as part of UN troops and peacekeeping forces in Syria/Israel).

Foreign military forces (US troops stationed at Yokosuka and Sasebo bases, numbering 39,750 people, and US Air Force on Okinawa, numbering 13,500 people).

* Material based on data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London for 2000–2001: The Military Balance 2000–2001 / The International Institute for Strategic Studies. London, 2001.

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