GCC and Military Power Kuwait : General information Contacts of presentation :- Kuwait : General information Criteria's of military power Additional criteria's Bahrain Addition criteria's The increase of military spending Name : Suhaip Alsawafi Student ID: S118631

Kuwait General information's -Capital: Kuwait -population; 2.8 million population. - square land area: ( 17,818 km ) -countries borders: Borders with 2 states and Arabian gulf. - problems with neighbors: ( Iran , Iraq) (Cordesman, 2004) - under invasion: ( 1990-1991). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dphDS6 OS1lc - How difficult is to defend : not easy to defend

Kuwait military forces Manpower 46,500 Total military personal 15,500 Active personal 31,000 Reserve personal Navy forces 38 Total Naval Assets Air power 106 Total aircraft strength 27 Fighter Aircrafts Attack Aircrafts 59 Training and transport Aircrafts 43 Total Helicopter strength 16 Attack Helicopter Army strength 368 Combat Tanks 861 Armored fighting vehicles 98 Self-propelled Artillery 27 Rocket projectors (Globalfirepower.com, 2017)

Additional military criteria's (Kuwait) Military treaties : - Defense treaty with USA in sept 1991(Soaed, 2004) Most of buying's are from : USA . Italy . Russia . South Africa - Important deals :- A- f/18 from US B- Eurofighter Typhoon from Italy C- BMP-3 from Russia

Bahrain General information's -Capital: Manama -population; 1.42 million - square land area: ( 765 km ) -countries borders : no land borders -problems with neighbors: Iran , Qatar (Marehan, 1997) - How difficult is to defend : easy to defend

Bahrain military forces Manpower 47.405 Total military personal 11.600 Active personal 35.805 Reserve personal Navy forces 39 Total Naval forces 1 Frigates Air power 102 Total Aircraft strength 25 Fighter Aircraft Attack aircraft 57 Training and Transport Aircrafts 62 Total Helicopter strength 22 Attack Helicopter Army strength 180 Combat tanks 277 Armored fighting vehicles 13 Self-propelled Artillery 26 Towed Artillery 9 Rocket projectors (Globalfirepower.com, 2017)

Additional military criteria's Military ( cooperation & treaties ) with US (Soaed, 2004) :- A - Renting lands B - military assistance C - Central commandment Headquarters of U.S forces & Fifth fleet Most buying's are from : USA , France , Turkey , Russia Latest deals :- - EIMOS mortar ( 2016) - SR5 ( 2016 )

The increase of military spending in GCC - the invasion of Kuwait ( 1990 ) - The threat of terrorism ( after 2001) (Jarzabek, 2016) - the Iraqi war ( 2003 ) - Arabs spring ( 2011 ) (Jarzabek, 2016) - Yemen war ( 2015 )

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