Egypt

 

RELIABILITY INDEX 3 (fair)   PERSONNEL   Active 320,000 Reserves 150,000 (nominal)   GDP 2009 Estimated $160-billion.   Population 2009 83-million.   Budget 2009 Estimated ~$6-billion. US military aid extra.

 

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Air Defense Command

 

Independent service

 

80,000 Active

70,000 Reserve

 

            11 E-2C AEW (including some arriving)

 

SAM

 

            16 Hawk Batteries

            50 SP Pechora 125-2 SAM-3 Batteries (being upgraded)

            40 Guideline Sam-2 batteries

           

12 Crotale Batteries

            14 Sam-6 Kub batteries

            18 Sparrow Batteries