Libyan Armed Forces

Libyan Armed Forces Libya is the third largest North African country in terms of military spending Military spending ($ mln) Mediterranean Sea 1,740 1,900 • 1.9% Tripoli % of GDP 3% 1,000 484 560 721 O2% Libya 339 • 1.1% 435 O 2.3% 1.7% 2% 1.8% Mobilization resource - 1.775 million men. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Fit for military service - 1.511 million men Armed Forces Air Force Libyan Armed Forces enlist 2,205 tanks (T-90, T-72, T-62, T-55, T-54), including 1,225 mothballed tanks 7 Tu-22 Blinder Soviet-era supersonic bombers 76,000 servicemen, including: - Army- 50,000 Air Force and Air Defense- 18,000 Navy and Coast Guard - 8,000 Over 1,000 infantry fighting vehicles 229 Soviet-era fighter jets (MiG-25, MiG-23, MIG-21) and French-made Mirage fighters 945 armored personnel carriers 120 armored reconnaissance vehicles 113 attack aircraft Air defense systems Navy 444 self-propelled guns (122-mm to 155-mm) 7 reconnaissance aircraft 216 air defense missile systems, including: 2 submarines 500 mortars (82-mm, 120-mm and 160-mm) Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) air defense systems 2 frigates Neva (SA-3 Goa) air defense systems About 3,000 anti-tank missile systems Over 85 military transport planes 1 corvette S-200 (SA-5 Gammon) air defense systems 14 patrol boats 647 towed guns 250 combat trainers Libyan weaponry and military installations destroyed by NATO airstrikes since March 19: 4 tanks 20 air defense installations 1 aircraft RIANOVOSTI e 2011 * According to open sources www.rian.ru