Sri Lanka Armed Forces
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The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The three services have around 346,700 active personnel; conscription has never been imposed in Sri Lanka. As of 2021 it is the 14th largest military in the world, with 1.46% of the Sri Lankan population actively serving.
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Sri Lanka Armed Forces | |
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Service branches | Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lanka Air Force |
Headquarters | Colombo |
Leadership | |
Supreme Commander | President Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Minister of Defence | President Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Secretary of Defence | General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd.) |
Chief of the Defence Staff | General Shavendra Silva |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18 years of age |
Conscription | None |
Available for military service | 5,342,147 males, age 16-49 (2010 est.), 5,466,409 females, age 16-49 (2010 est.) |
Fit for military service | 4,177,432 males, age 16-49 (2010 est.), 4,574,833 females, age 16-49 (2010 est.) |
Reaching military age annually | 167,026 males (2010 est.), 162,587 females (2010 est.) |
Active personnel | 346,000 (ranked 14th) |
Reserve personnel | 90,000 |
Deployed personnel | 18,000 (UN peace keeping) |
Expenditures | |
Budget | US$ 1.45 billion (2023) [1] |
Percent of GDP | 1.93% (2020) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | SLEME Colombo Dockyard |
Foreign suppliers | People's Republic of China Russia India Pakistan[2] Israel United States United Kingdom |
Annual exports | India[3] Maldives Nigeria[4] |
Related articles | |
History | Boer War World War I World War II Congo Crisis First JVP Insurrection Second JVP Insurrection Sri Lankan Civil War |
Ranks | Army Navy Air Force |
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