Security and War time only: Somaliland Police Force Somaliland Immigration and Border Control
Guarding prisons only: Somaliland Custodial Corps
Headquarters
Hargeisa, Somaliland
Leadership
Commander-in-chief
Muse Bihi Abdi
Minister of Defence
Abdiqani Mohamoud Aateye
Chief of Staff
Major general Nuh Ismail Tani
Personnel
Fit for military service
300,000, age 15–49
Reaching military age annually
500,000
Active personnel
36,000 est.[1][failed verification]
Expenditures
Budget
$115 million (2019)[2]
Percent of GDP
0.6%
Industry
Foreign suppliers
United Kingdom Yemen Ethiopia European Union
Related articles
History
Military history of Somaliland
Somaliland War of Independence
Puntland–Somaliland dispute
Battle of Las Anod
2010 Ayn clashes
Battle of Tukaraq
2023 Las Anod conflict
Ranks
Military ranks of Somaliland
The Somaliland National Armed Forces (Somali: Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Soomaaliland; Arabic: القوات المسلحة الصوماليلاندية, romanized: alquaat almusalahat alsuwmalilandia) are the military services of the Republic of Somaliland. The Somaliland National Armed Forces consist of the Somaliland National Army, the Somaliland Coast Guard, the Somaliland Police Force, the Somaliland Custodial Corps, the Somaliland Immigration and Border Control and the Somaliland Fire Brigade. There is no air force.[3]
The Armed Forces is under the command of President Muse Bihi Abdi, who is the Commander-in-chief. Minister of Defence Abdiqani Mohamoud Aateye is the designated minister that oversees the armed forces.
Somaliland has 45 T-54/55 tanks and, 20 armoured fighting vehicles, 50 rocket projectors, and has 12 pieces of artillery in its national army.
The estimated total strength of the Somaliland is estimated by 10,000 men. There are fewer than 6,000 men and women working for the Somaliland police force overall. The Special Police Unit (SPU), which protects foreign organizations and individuals who work for them, and the Rapid Response Units (RRU), which are specialized counterterrorism forces, are both housed inside the police force. Somaliland has 7 defender class boats and 1 coast guard vessels in its coast guard, and The coast guard of Somaliland numbers a few hundred in personnel.[4]
Somaliland spends $115 million budget on its armed forces, its largest government expenditure.[2] Due to a United Nations arms embargo on Somalia, the state is not allowed to procure weapons.[5]
^ abRubin, Michael (7 March 2019). "Somaliland – Key to Winning America's Longest War". www.realcleardefense.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
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^Horton, Micheal (November 2019). "How Somaliland Combats al-Shabaab". CTC Sentinel. 12 (10): 24. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^Hussein, Abdi (August 13, 2011). "Somalilands Military Is A Shadow of the Past". SomaliaReport. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
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