1. 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

2. 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: ( ). OS1lc How difficult is to defend : not easy to defend

3. 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)

4. 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

5. Bahrain
General information's -Capital: Manama -population; 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

6. 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)

7. 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 )

8. 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 )

9. References
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