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This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial orsystematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply ordistribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden.

The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contentswill be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug dosesshould be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss,actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directlyor indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material.

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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

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Egypt EGYEgyptian Pound E£ 2008 2009 2010

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Population 66,429,284 Ethnic groups: Persian 51%; Azeri 24%; Gilaki/Mazandarani 8%; Kurdish 7%; Arab 3%; Lur 2%; Baloch 2%; Turkman 2%

Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus

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RESERVE 350,000 (Army 350,000, ex-service volunteers)

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DEPLOYMENTARABIAN GULF AND INDIAN OCEAN

FOREIGN FORCES0(-4&,!*4%4&#!

Syria SYR Syrian Pound S£ 2008 2009 2010

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Tunisia TUN Tunisian Dinar D 2008 2009 2010

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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

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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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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