Chilean Armed Forces
Chilean Armed Forces | |
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Fuerzas Armadas de Chile | |
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Founded | 1810 |
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Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
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Minister of Defense | ![]() |
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Personnel | |
Military age | 18 |
Active personnel | 80,000[1] |
Reserve personnel | 40,000[1] |
Expenditure | |
Budget | US$5.58 billion (2022)[2] |
Percent of GDP | 1.9% (2021)[3] |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | FAMAE ENAER ASMAR DTS SISDEF DESA LINKTRONIC Detroit Chile |
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Ranks | Military ranks and insignia of Chile |
TheChilean Armed Forces(Spanish:Fuerzas Armadas de Chile) is the unified military organization comprising the Chilean Army, Air Force, and Navy. ThePresident of Chileis thecommander-in-chiefof the military, and formulates policy through the Minister of Defence. In recent years and after several major reequipment programs, the Chilean Armed Forces have become one of the most technologically advanced and professional armed forces inLatin America.[4]The Chilean Army is mostly supplied with equipment fromGermany,theUnited States,Brazil,Israel,France,andSpain.
Structure
[edit]Army
[edit]The current commander-in-chief of theChilean ArmyisGeneral de EjércitoSr.Javier Iturriaga del Campo.The 46,350-person army is organized under six military administrative regions and six divisional headquarters.[1]The forces include one special forces brigade, four armoured brigades, one armoured detachment, three motorized brigades, two motorized detachments, four mountain detachments and one aviation brigade.[1]The army operates German Leopard 1 and 2 tanks as its main battle tanks, including 170+ Leopard 2A4 and 115 Leopard 1.[1]The army has approximately 40,000 reservists.[1]
Navy
[edit]Admiral Juan Andrés De La Maza Larraín directs the 19,800-personChilean Navy,including 3,600 Marines.[5]Of the fleet of 66 surface vessels, eight are major combatant ships and they are based inValparaíso.The navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no fighters or bomber aircraft but they have attack helicopters. The Navy also operates four submarines based inTalcahuano.
Air Force
[edit]General Hugo Rodríguez González heads 11,050-strong[6]Chilean Air Force.Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered inIquique,Antofagasta,Santiago,Puerto Montt,andPunta Arenas.The Air Force also operates an airbase onKing George Island,Antarctica.
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See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^abcdefIISS 2019,p. 404.
- ^Global Firepower."2022 Chile Military Strength".
- ^"Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product, 1988-2020"(PDF).Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.Retrieved25 October2022.
- ^Bawden, John R (2016).'The Pinochet Generation: The Chilean Military in the Twentieth Century'.University of Alabama. pp. 218–219.ISBN978-0-8173-1928-1.
- ^IISS 2019,pp. 405–406.
- ^IISS 2019,p. 406.
References
[edit]- IISS (2019).The Military Balance 2019.Routledge.ISBN978-1857439885.
- Nevaer, Louis E.V. (26 January 2011)."Latin America Divided Over Ties with China".New American Media.Archived fromthe originalon 18 October 2014.
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish)Ejército de Chile (Army)
- (in Spanish)Armada de Chile website (Navy)
- (in Spanish)Fuerza Aérea de Chile website (Air Force)