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The Military Balance in the Middle East
(2005)
| Country
|
Regular
Troops |
Reserve
Troops |
Total
|
Tanks
|
Aircraft* |
| Israel
|
186,500 |
445,000 |
631,500 |
3,930 |
798 |
| Egypt
|
450,000 |
254,000 |
704,000 |
~3,000 |
518 |
| Jordan
|
100,700 |
60,000 |
160,700 |
970 |
106 |
| Lebanon |
61,400 |
|
61,400 |
350 |
|
| Palestinian Authority |
~45,000 |
|
~45,000 |
|
|
| Iran |
518,000 |
350,000 |
868,000 |
~1,700 |
335 |
| Syria |
289,000 |
132,500 |
421,500 |
3,700 |
510 |
| Saudi Arabia
|
171,500 |
20,000 |
191,500 |
750 |
~345 |
Note: Iraq has been removed. It has
approximately 130,000 security forces (most of which are various internal
security components). This increases to "anticipated" forces
of some 186,335, of which 35,000 will be Iraq's national army. It
currently has zero tanks and aircraft in service (although there is
talk of giving the new security forces a small number of leftover
operational tanks from Saddam's arsenal that are now under U.S. control).
*Refers to total number of combat aircraft.
Sources: Shai Feldman and Yiftah Shapir, Eds., The
Middle East Military Balance, (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004);
Anthony Cordesman, "Syrian Military Forces and Capabilities,"
Center for Strategic and International Studies, (April 15, 2003); AIPAC
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