Azerbaijani Land Forces Azerbaijani Navy Azerbaijani Air Force
Headquarters
Baku
Website
mod.gov.az/en
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief
President Ilham Aliyev
Defence Minister
Colonel General Zakir Hasanov
Chief of General Staff
Colonel General Karim Valiyev
Personnel
Military age
18 years
Conscription
12–18 months for ground forces[2]
Available for military service
3,000,000, age 18–49
Active personnel
126,400[3]
Reserve personnel
300,000
Deployed personnel
122[4]
Expenditures
Budget
$2.097 billion (2023)[5]
Percent of GDP
5.26%
Industry
Domestic suppliers
List
Azerbaijan Defense Industry State Border Service Naval Shipyard
Foreign suppliers
List
Turkey Israel Russia United Kingdom Belarus United States Switzerland Austria Italy Pakistan Canada[6] Czech Republic France South Korea Singapore United Arab Emirates South Africa
Related articles
History
Military history of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) Battle of Baku (1918) Azerbaijan during World War II First Nagorno-Karabakh War 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Iron Fist)
Ranks
Military ranks of Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) is the military of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It was re-established according to the country's Law of the Armed Forces on 9 October 1991.[1] The original Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's armed forces were dissolved after Azerbaijan was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 28 April 1920. After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991–92, Azerbaijan's armed forces were reformed based on Soviet bases and equipment left on Azerbaijani soil.
The armed forces have three branches: the Azerbaijani Land Forces, the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force, and the Azerbaijani Navy.[7] Associated forces include the Azerbaijani National Guard, the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan, and the State Border Service, which can be involved in state defense under certain circumstances.
According to the Azerbaijani media sources, the military expenditures of Azerbaijan for 2009 were set at US$2.46 billion,[8] however according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, only $1.473 billion was spent that year.[9] IISS also suggests that the defence budget in 2009 was $1.5 billion.[10] The Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan supervises the design, manufacturing, regulation and maintenance of military equipment. In the future, Azerbaijan hopes to start building tanks, armored vehicles, military planes and military helicopters.[11][12][13]
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^The Military Balance 2019. 2019. p. 185.
^"Азербайджан в текущем году планирует увеличить военные расходы". 18 June 2022.
^"Canadian defence deal with Azerbaijan raises new questions about arms export controls - CBC News". Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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^"Gov't allots over $2bn for 2009 defense spending". AzerNEWS. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
^Stockholm International Peace Research Institute The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^The Military Balance 2010. London: Routledge for the IISS. 2010. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-85743-557-3.
^"Azerbaijan manufacturing arms". 26 January 2008. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012.
^"Azerbaijan to manufacture its own aircraft and helicopters". Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
^"Azerbaijan will be unable to produce competitive military technology in the next five years". Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2008. and "Azerbaijan to produce tanks, aviation bombs and pilotless vehicles in 2009". Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
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