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Country Operation Troop totalAustralia Bilateral 80Bulgaria NTM-I 2Denmark Bilateral 27 " NTM-I 10Estonia NTM-I 3Hungary NTM-I 4Italy NTM-I 91Lithuania NTM-I 4Netherlands NTM-I 7Poland NTM-I 3Romania NTM-I 3Turkey NTM-I 2UK ITAM-N* 75 " NTM-I 15Ukraine NTM-I 9United States MNF-I/USF-I 120,000 " NTM-I 12
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Algeria ALG Algerian Dinar D 2008 2009 2010
GDP D 11.0tr 11.6tr
US$ 171bn 161bn
per capita US$ 5,067 4,714
Growth % 3.0 2.2
In!ation % 4.3 4.6
Def bdgt D 334bn 383bn
US$ 5.17bn 5.30bn
US$1=D 64.5 72.3
Population 34,178,188
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 15% 6% 6% 5% 17% 2% Female 14% 6% 6% 5% 17% 2%
CapabilitiesACTIVE 147,000 (Army 127,000 Navy 6,000 Air 14,000) Paramilitary 187,200<34+,% &'% ,347.#3
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Bahrain BHR Bahraini Dinar D 2008 2009 2010
GDP D 7.6bn 7.7bn
US$ 20bn 20bn
per capita US$ 27,810 27,446
Growth % 6.1 3.0
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Def bdgt D 210m 265m 279m
US$ 552m 697m
FMA (US) US$ 3.9m 8m 19.5m
US$1=D 0.38 0.38
Population 728,709Ethnic groups: Nationals 64%; Asian 13%; other Arab 10%; Iranian 8%; European 1%)
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
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CapabilitiesACTIVE 8,200 (Army 6,000 Navy 700 Air 1,500) Paramilitary 11,260
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Egypt EGYEgyptian Pound E£ 2008 2009 2010
GDP #£ 865bn 1,028bn
US$ 157bn 186bn
per capita US$ 2,035 2,370
Growth % 7.2 4.7
In!ation % 11.7 16.2
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Population 78,866,635
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Male 17% 5% 5% 4% 17% 2% Female 16% 5% 5% 4% 17% 3%
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DEPLOYMENTARABIAN GULF AND INDIAN OCEAN
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Tunisia TUN Tunisian Dinar D 2008 2009 2010
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ValueSupplier Country
Prime Contractor
Order Date
First Delivery Due
Notes
Algeria (ALG)T-90S MBT 300 US$1bn RUS Rosoboron-
export2006 – Delivery may be delayed due to order
suspension in 2008T-72 MBT
Upgrade250 US$200m RUS Rosoboron-
export2006 – Upgrade. Delivery may be delayed due to
order suspension in 2008BMP-2 IFV 400 US$200m RUS Rosoboron-
export2006 – Upgrade. Delivery may be delayed due to
order suspension in 2008S-300PMU-2 AD 8 US$1bn RUS Rosoboron-
export2006 – 8 bty. Delivery may be delayed due to order
suspension in 2008Tunguska-M1 (SA-19) ADGMS
AD 24 US$500m RUS Rosoboron-export
2006 – Option for 30 further systems. Delivery may be delayed due to order suspension in 2008
Kornet- E (AT-14)
ATGW 216 US$50m RUS Rosoboron-export
2006 – Delivery may be delayed due to order suspension in 2008
Metis- M1 (AT-13)
ATGW – US$50m RUS Rosoboron-export
2006 – Delivery may be delayed due to order suspension in 2008
FPB 98 PCF 21 %135m (US$198m)
FRA OCEA 2008 2009 Final delivery due 2012
SU-30 MKA FGA 28 US$1.5bn RUS NPK Irkut 2006 2010 Deliveries ongoingYak-130 Trg 16 US$200m RUS Rosoboron-
export2006 2009 Incl simulator. First delivery due 2010
AW101 Merlin/ AW139
Hel 100 est US$5bn UK/Dom Agusta Westland
2009 2010 Follow-on deal from 2007 supply of 6 AW101 Merlin and 4 Super Lynx Mk 130
Bahrain (BHR)M113A2 APC
Upgrade– _ TUR FNSS 2007 – Re$t with MKEK 81-mm mortars
Landing Craft LC 4 _ UAE ADSB 2008 _ Two 42m landing craft and two 16m Fast Landing Craft
Mk5 Special Ops Craft
PCF 2 _ US USMI _ 2009 Two 25m, 57-ton tactical SOC. Delivery due late 2009
Egypt (EGY)M1-A1 Abrams MBT 125 US$349m US General
Dynamics2007 2009 Co-production with Cairo plant. Final
delivery due July 2011Ambassador Mk III
PFM 3 US$393m US VT Halter Marine
2008 2012 Phase II of the Fast Missile Craft (FMC) project
RAM Mk49 GMLS 3 US$24.75m US Raytheon 2005 2009 Upgrade for Fast Missile Craft. Mk49 RAM launchers and RAM Block 1A msl. Delivery status unclear
E-2C AEW&C Upgrade
1 US$38m US Northrop Grumman
2008 _ Refurbishment and upgrade to Hawkeye 2000 (HE2K) standard
S-125 Pechora (SA-3 Goa)
SAM 30 _ RUS Oboron-itelniye Sistemy
1999 – Upgrade to Pechora-2M. 30 bty to be ugraded in 3 stages. 1st stage completed 2006. 2nd stage ongoing
Iran (IRN)T-72 MBT
Upgrade– See notes RUS Rosoboron-
export2005 – Upgrade. Part of US$1.5bn procurement deal
S-300 (SA-10 Grumble/SA-20 Gargoyle)
SAM/AD – US$800m RUS _ 2007 2008 RUS claims contract signed but no systems delivered by Mar 2009. Numbers, cost and exact type subject to con$rmation
Su-24 FGA Upgrade
30 See notes RUS Rosoboron-export
2005 – Upgrade. Part of US$1.5bn procurement deal
MiG-29 Ftr – See notes RUS Rosoboron-export
2005 – Upgrade. Part of US$1.5bn procurement deal
Iraq (IRQ)M1 Abrams MBT 140 US$1.4bn US General
Dynamics2009 2010 M1A1 SA con$g. 140 further M1 may be
ordered
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Table 24 Selected arms procurements and deliveries, Middle East and North AfricaDesignation Type Quantity Contract
ValueSupplier Country
Prime Contractor
Order Date
First Delivery Due
Notes
M88A2 ARV 8 US$31.5m US 2009 2010Defender-class PBF 26 _ US SAFE Boats 2008 2008 Part of 26-15-4-2 acquisition programme.
Deliveries ongoingSaettia-class PB 4 US$110m ITA Fincantieri 2008 2009 Based on Diciotti class . Part of 26-15-4-2
acquisition programme. Final delivery due December 2009
35PB 1208E-1455
PC 9 US$181m US Swiftship 2009 2012 35 m PC for Navy. Up to 15 may be procured
C-130J Super Hercules
Tpt ac 4 US$292.8m US Lockheed Martin
2009 _ For air force. FMS contract, ISD 2011
C-130J-30 Tpt ac 2 US$140.3m US Lockheed Martin
2009 _ For air force. ISD 2011
King Air 350 ER Tpt ac/ ISTAR
6 US$10.5m US Hawker Beechcraft
2008 2010 5 Extended Range (ER) ISR ac; 1 lt tpt ac; plus spares and spt
Hawker Beechcraft T-6A Texan II
Trg ac 7 US$170.4m US Hawker Beechcraft
2009 _ For air force. Signed Aug 2009, incl spt and log.
Hawker Beechcraft T-6A Texan II
Trg ac 8 US$86.6m US Hawker Beechcraft
2009 _ For air force. Signed 17 Aug, lower value as no spt etc needed for follow-on procurement.
EC 635 Hel 24 %360m (US$490m)
FRA Eurocopter 2009 _ Cost incl trg and maintenance
Mi-17CT Hel 22 US$80.6m RUS Aeronautical Radio Inc-orporated
2009 _ Prime contractor Aeronautical Radio Incorporated; Mi-17s to be supplied by Mil/Kazan
Bell 407 Hel 24 US$60.3m US Bell 2009 _ For air force. FMS contract
Israel (ISR)Merkava Mk IV MBT up to 400 _ Dom _ 2001 2004 Estimated 50-60 tk per year over four year.
Delivery status unclearArrow 2 ATBM/
BMD_ Undisclosed Dom/US IAI 2008 _ Number and cost undisclosed. In trials by
2009Dolphin (Type 800) class
SSK 2 %1bn (US$1.21bn)
GER HDW 2006 2012 With Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) system
Super Dvora MKIIl
PFI 4 _ Dom IAI/Ramta 2005 _ Phase II of navy patrol &eet modernisation programme
Shaldag MkII PFI 3 _ Dom IAI/Ramta 2005 _ Phase II of navy patrol &eet modernisation programme
F-16I Sufa FGA 102 _ US Lockheed Martin
2001 2006 Deliveries ongoing
Skylark I-LE UAV 100 Dom Elbit Systems
2008 _ Part of Sky Rider programme
AIM-120C-7 AAM 200 US$171m US Raytheon 2007 _Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
ASM 5,000 _ US Boeing 2004 – Deliveries ongoing
Jordan (JOR)IL-76MF (Candid)
Tpt ac 2 _ RUS Rosoboron-export
2005 2007 2 delivered. Option for further 2 ac
F-16A/B Block 15
Ftr Upgrade
17 US$87m TUR Lockheed Martin
2005 2007 MLU. Deliveries ongoing
Kuwait (KWT)Aspide AD
Upgrade– %65m
(US$87.3m) Int’l MBDA 2007 – Upgrade to Spada 2000 con$g. To be
completed over 3 yearsMK V PFB 12 US$175m US USMI 2006 2007 First vessel delivered May 2008. Final
delivery due 2009. Derlivery status unclearMK V PFB 10 US$61m US USMI 2009 _ For Navy. Final del due 2013
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ValueSupplier Country
Prime Contractor
Order Date
First Delivery Due
Notes
Lebanon (LBN)MiG-29 Fulcrum
FGA 10 Free transfer RUS _ 2008 2009 To be modernised ‘to export standards.’ Delivery status unclear
Libya (LBY)T-72 MBT
Upgrade_ _ RUS _ 2009 _ Reportedly part of a cancellation of a US$4.5
billion debt to RF. More than 145. Upgrade of previously supplied MBTs. Upgrade may also include T-62, T-55, and T-54 &eet
T-90S MBT 48 _ RUS _ 2008 _ Part of a cancellation of a US$4.5 billion debt to RUS
Morocco (MOR)FREMM FF 1 %470m
(US$676m)FRA/ITA DCNS 2008 2012 _
SIGMA FFH 3 %600m (US$875m)
NLD Schelde 2008 2011 (Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach) Final delivery due 2012
F-16C/D Block 52
FGA 24 US$233.6m US Lockheed Martin
2008 _ Incl mission equipment and spt package
C-27J Tpt ac 4 %130m (US$166m)
ITA Alenia Aeronautica
2008 2010 Deliveries due 2010-11
Oman (OMN)Project Khareef
PSOH 3 GBP400m (US$785m)
UK VT Ship-building
2007 2010 First vessel launched July 2009
A320 Tpt ac 2 _ FRA/ITA EADS 2007 –C-130J-30 Hercules
Tpt ac 1 _ US Lockheed Martin
2009 2012
NH-90 TTH Hel 20 _ NLD EADS 2003 2008 First &ight May 2007
Qatar (QTR)C-130J-30 Hercules
Tpt ac 4 US$393.6m US Lockheed Martin
2008 2011 Contract value incl additional packages.
AW139 Tpt hel 18 %260m (US$413m)
ITA Agusta-Westland
2008 2010 For air force
Saudi Arabia (SAU)M113 APC
Upgrade300 US$200m TUR FNSS 2007 2008 Upgrade. Follow-on contract could lead
to upgrade of entire &eet of 2,000 M113. Delivery status unclear
Euro$ghter (Typhoon)
FGA 72 GBP4.43bn (US$8.9bn)
Int’l Euro$ghter 2005 2008 Project Salam. Forty-eight ac to be assembled in SAU. First delivered June 2009
A330 MRTT Tkr 6 US$600m FRA EADS 2008 2011 3 more purchased July 2009 for undisclosed fee. First delivery expected 2011
E-3A Sentry AWACS Upgrade
5 US$16m US Data Link Solutions
2006 – Comms upgrade. Link 16 MIDS
UH-60L Black Hawk
Hel _ US$286 m US Sikorsky 2008 2010 Number undisclosed
AIM-9X Sidewinder
AAM 250 US$164m US Raytheon 2009 _ For F-15. Number and value undisclosed. FMS request was for 250 AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range AAM, 84 AIM-9X captive air trg msl 12 AIM-9X dummy air trg msl
AN/AAQ-33 Sniper
ATP _ _ US Lockheed Martin
2009 _ FMS contract. Part of US$100m contract to replace LANTIRN pods used by RSAF F-15S
Syria (SYR)Buk-M2 SAM _ US$200m RUS Rosoboron-
export2007 2008 Delivery status unclear
96K6 Pantsyr-S1E (SA-22 Greyhound)
AD 50 US$730m RUS Rosoboron-export
– 2007 Delivery status unclear
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Table 24 Selected arms procurements and deliveries, Middle East and North AfricaDesignation Type Quantity Contract
ValueSupplier Country
Prime Contractor
Order Date
First Delivery Due
Notes
9M133 Kornet/ 9M131Metis 2
Msl – US$73m RUS Rosoboron-export
2003 – Several thousand msl
United Arab Emirates (UAE)Fuchs 2 NBC-RS
APC 32 %160m (US$205m)
GER Rheinmetall 2005 2007 16 NBC recce vehicles, 8 BW detection vehicles, 8 mobile CP vehicles. Deliveries ongoing
Patria 8x8 APC _ _ FIN Patria 2008 _ Contract value and number of units not declared
Nimr 4x4 HMTV 500 US$41m Dom Advanced Industries of Arabia
2005 2005 High mobility tactical vehicles. Delivery status unclear
Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC) 3
AD System
10 $re units, 172 msl
US$3.3bn US Raytheon 2008 2009 To replace HAWK. Incl 172 Lockheed Martin PAC-3 msl and 42 launcher mod packs, plus some GEM-T msl. Final delivery due 2012
96K6 Pantsir-S1E
AD 50 US$734m RUS Rosoboron-export
2000 2004 To be mounted on MAN SX 45 8x8 trucks. First 4 delivered March 2009. Final delivery due 2012
Agrab (Scorpion) 120mm MMS
Mor 48 AED390m (US$106m)
UK/SGP RSA/Dom
IGG 2007 2008 Delivery status unclear
Javelin MANPAT 100 (US$135m) US Raytheon/ Lockheed Martin
2008 2009 1,000 msl
Baynunah FSG 6 AED3bn (US$820m)
Dom/FRA ADSB 2003 2006 First of class built in FRA, others to be built in UAE. First in-service date due 2009. First launched June 2009
Command-ante Class
ASW FS 2 AED430m (US$117m)
ITA Fincantieri 2009 2011
Abu Dahbi Class
FS 1 _ ITA Fincantieri 2009 2011
Project Al Saber
PB 12 AED127m (US$34.6m)
Dom ADSB 2008 – For Coast Guard
C-130 J-30 Hercules
Tpt ac 12 AED5.9bn US Lockheed Martin
2009 2013 _
A330 MRTT Tkr ac 3 _ Int’l EADS 2008 2011 Order for 3 more possibleAB-139 Hel 8 UK£83m
(US$143m) US/ITA Agusta-
Westland2005 2005 6 SAR, 2 VIP. Delivery status unclear
AH-64D Apache Longbow
Hel Upgrade
30 US Boeing 2007 – Upgrade from AH-64A to D standard
Yemen, Republic of (YEM)T-72 and T-80 MBT _ _ RUS Rosoboron-
export2009
MiG-29 SMT Fulcrum
FGA 32 US$1.3bn RUS Rosoboron-export
2006 –
MiG-29 FGA 66 US$1bn RUS Rosoboron-export
2006 2007 Incl repair contract in $rst quarter of 2007. Delivery status unclear
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