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Military of Yemen Military manpower - military age: 18 year of age

Military manpower - availability: males age 18-49: 4,058,223 (2008 est.) females age 18-49: 3,868,112 (2005 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 18-49: 2,790,705 (2008 est.) females age 18-49: 2,792,406 (2005 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 236,517 (2008 est.) females: 230,641 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $482.5 million (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 6.6% (FY01)

Military - note: TOR order has been completed

The military of Yemen Army (includes Republican Guard), Navy (includes Marines), Yemen Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Yemeniya; includes Air Defense Force) (2008). About 12% of the country's GDP accounts for defense spending. A major reorganization of the armed forces continues. The unified air forces and air defenses are now under one command. The navy has concentrated in Aden. Total armed forces manning numbers about 400,000, including conscripts. The Yemen Arab Republic and The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen joined to form the Republic of Yemen on 22 May 1990.¹

Army

Main article: Yemen Army

The supreme commander of the armed forces is Field Marshal, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the President of the Republic of Yemen. Yemen recently placed an order for TOR air defence systems, which will be far more advanced than the current air defense systems in place.

The Yemeni army has a strength of 895,000 troops.²

Main Battle Tanks

• 550 T-54/T-55
• 250 T-62
• 240 M60 Patton
• 70 T-72
• Type 59

Reconnaissance vehicle

• 125 Panhard AML
• 50 BRDM-2
• 60 Panhard AML-245

IFV

• 420 BMP-1
• 334 BMP-2

APC

• 670 M-113
• 670 BTR-40
• 500 BTR-60
• 250 BTR-152

Artillery

• L16 81mm Mortar
• 2S1
• 95 Panhard AML
• 70 M-46
• D-20
• S-23
• RM-70
• 280 BM-21
• 30 BM-13
• 30 BM-14
• BM-24
• 13 BM-27

SSM

• 10 OTR-21
• 12 Frog-7
• Scud-B

Anit air craft guns

• 200 ZU-23-2
• 40 ZSU-23-4
• 61-K
• 120 S-60
• Bofors 40 mm gun

SAM

• 200 SA-7
• 120 SA-9
• S-125
• 12 TOR-M1
• 9K31 Strela-1
• Tunguska M1
• P-15 Termit

Small arms

• AK-47
• AK-74
• RPK
• M60 machine gun
• SVD rifle
• Type 56

Anti Tank

• 3M11 Falanga
• BGM-71 TOW

Navy

Yemen's navy uses +2,000 officers and seamen to support their main bases at Aden and Hodeida. A naval fortress is in construction at Hodeida.

Corvette

• 2 Tarantul I class

Missile Boat

• 8 Osa class missile boat

Craft patrol

• 3 Type 037 Hainan class coastal patrol craft
• 10 Austral class fast attack craft-patrol

Utility Craft

• 4 utility landing craft

Minesweeper/hunter

• 1 Natya class minesweeper -ocean
• 6 minehunters-inshore

Air Force

Main article: Yemen Air Force

Soviet MiG-29.

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