In this episode we're gonna be comparing the military powers of the two Arab nations of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
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So let's start off with Saudi Arabia so Saudi Arabia is ranked 24th in the world in terms of its military power
Their military is called a royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces
Now it was founded back in the year
1745 but its current form was developed in 1902
Saudi Arabia's military is divided up into these service branches
And they are as follows of the Royal Saudi Arabian army the Royal Saudi Arabian Navy the Royal Saudi Arabian air forces
And then we have the Royal Saudi defense and then the Royal Saudi Arabian strategic forces
with the population of Saudi Arabia being around thirty
3.3 million of that their total available manpower
equals fifteen million three hundred
Thousand people their total military personnel six at two hundred and fifty six thousand and their active personnel is at 231
Thousand in the reserve. They have twenty five thousand personnel in the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates
However was founded in 1951 and they are ranked 60th in the world in terms of their military power
Although initially small in number the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces has really grown a lot over the past
Years and have been introduced with a lot more modern equipment and weapon system, so yeah
They're growing and advancing as well as they have the aid of countries like France u.s.. And the UK
Now there are two distinct military
Organizations in the UAE the federal military force is called the Union Defence Force
And then there are several other emirates that have their own
forces
But the overall United Arab Emirates Armed Forces is divided up into three branches the United Arab Emirates
Army United Arab Emirates Navy and the United Arab Emirates air force
their total available manpower is at three million six hundred and sixty thousand their total military personnel is at
sixty-four thousand people and their active personnel is also at sixty-four thousand people, but in reserve they have zero
Personnel there now when we look at the army power of these nations. Let's look at Saudi Arabia first they have
1142 combat tanks, and they have five thousand four hundred seventy two armored fighting vehicles for self-propelled artillery well
That's at five hundred twenty-four and towed artillery is at four hundred and thirty-two
They also have three hundred and twenty two rocket projectors in their possession
Now the Army's main equipment consists of a combination of French and US made armored vehicles they have
315
m1a2 abrams
290 amx 30's and
450
m60a3 main battle tanks for the united arab emirates now their combat tanks total at
460 for their armored fighting vehicles is at
2,200 and for their self repelled artillery is at 177 and their totally is at
105 in terms of rocket projectors
They have 54 in their possession so their army strength is pretty much kind of equal there
So like there's a pretty big difference in terms of their army power, but let's move on into their air power
So when you take a look at both these nations side-by-side
They are a lot closer in strength when it comes to air power so again
I'm going to start off with Saudi Arabia for this the Air Force is organized in seven fighter ground attack squadrons six fighter
squadrons and seven training squadrons
Saudi Arabia has at least 15 active military airfields for the number of fighter aircraft that they have that number is
177 their attack aircrafts are at
245 in terms of transport aircrafts they have
221 and trainer aircrafts are at 2
143 now the total of helicopter count is at
227 but the attack helicopter is equal 21
now in terms of the United Arab Emirates air power their fighter aircrafts are at 104 their attack aircraft set at
96 when we look at the transport aircrafts that number is at 209 and trainer aircrafts are at
167 total helicopters there are
203 and attack helicopters set at 30 so we can tell that yes
This is a lot closer when we look at the military power in terms of air power now
Let's look at the Navy real quick so the total naval assets for Saudi Arabia is at 55
They have 7 frigates and 4 Corvettes in their possession as well as 11 patrol aircrafts the total mine warfare
vessels are at 3
and they have zero
Submarines as well as zero aircraft carriers in their possession the United Arab Emirates now their total naval assets is at 75
They have zero frigates in their possession
But they have two Corvettes and twelve patrol aircrafts and the mine warfare vessel set at two
But their submarines also total zero and the aircraft carriers are zero as well now for
Transportation and getting things coordinated and looking at all the logistics and stuff like that in Saudi Arabia
There are 214 serviceable airports
They have four major ports and terminals and their labor. Force is at twelve point zero two million people
Saudi Arabia has one of the best funded defense
Forces in the entire Middle East and is reported that they spend 25 percent of its budget or about eighty billion dollars on its military
But now that was based on the 2015 budget
But recent counts show that it's closer to fifty six point seven two
Billion for their defense budget now when we look at the logistics for the united arab emirates
They're serviceable airports are a total of 43, and they have six major ports and terminals
but their labor force is a lot smaller sitting at
5.2 million people and with that their defense budget is at fourteen point four billion
Dollars and again these numbers are all in US dollar figures
But at this episode of which military is better Saudi Arabia vs. UAE and guys don't forget you can check out our video
Where we compared Saudi Arabia with the United Arab Emirates as a?
Country on a whole we go into a lot more information than just the military
Stuff so that video will be at the end of this episode or I'll have the link down below in the video description
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Now for those of you who want to know more about these nations
Here's our video that we did where we compare these two nations, and you can also watch more which is better episodes
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