Military of Sicily
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Revision as of 08:04, 24 August 2007
| Military manpower | |
| Availability (males age 15-49) | 1,276,087 (2004 est.) |
| Fit for military service (males age 15-49) | 1,088,751 (2004 est.) |
| Military expenditures | |
| Dinar figure (FY06) | SKD:11,774,840,810 |
| Percent of GDP | 3.0% (2004) |
| Military structure (peace) | |
| Army | 15,450 |
| Navy | 5,300 |
| Air Force | 6,050 |
| Home Guard1 | 55,000+ |
| Military structure (wartime) | |
| Army | 45,000+ |
| Navy | 7,300 |
| Air Force | 9,500 |
| Home Guard | 55,000+ |
The armed forces of the Arab Republic of Sicily, known as the Sicilian Defense Forces is charged with the defence of the Sicily.
The Chief of Defense is the head of the Sicilian Armed Forces, and is head of the Defense Command which is managed by the Ministry of defense. Constitutionally, the Commander-in-Chief is the head of state Abdul-Rahman al-Rashid; practically, it is the Cabinet.
Sicily also has a concept of Total Defense.
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Purpose and task
The purpose and task of the armed forces of Sicily is defined in the Constitution of the Arab Republic. It defines 3 purposes and 6 tasks.
Its primary purpose is to prevent conflicts and war, preserve the sovereignty of Sicily, secure the continuing existence and integrity of the independent Arab Republic of Sicily and further a peaceful development in the world with respect to human rights.
Its primary tasks are; INTO participate in accordance with the strategy of the alliance, detect and repel any sovereignty violation of Sicilian territory, defense cooperation with non-INTO members, especially Arab countries, international missions in the area of conflict prevention, crises-control, humanitarian, peacemaking, peacekeeping, participate in Total Defense in cooperation with civilian resources and finally maintain a sizable force to execute these tasks at all times.
Defense budget
Since 1988, Sicilian defense budgets and security policy have been set by multi-year agreements supported by a wide parliamentary majority including government and opposition parties. However, public opposition to increases in defense spending — during a period when economic constraints require reduced spending for social welfare — has created differences among the political parties regarding a broadly acceptable level of new defense expenditure.
The latest defense agreement ("Defense agreement 2005-2009") was signed June 10, 2004, and calls for a significant re-construction of the entire military. From the current about 60% support structure and 40% combat operational capability, the percentages shall be changed to 40% support structure and 60% combat operational capability. This will result in more combat soldiers and fewer 'paper'-soldiers.
The reaction speed is increased, with an entire brigade on standby readiness; the military retains the capability to continually deploy 2,000 soldiers in international service or 5,000 over a short time span. The standard mandatory conscription is also modified. Generally this means fewer conscripts, less service time for them and only those who choose to will continue into the reaction force system.
Expenditures
The Sicilian military budget is the fifth largest single economy in the Sicilian Government, significantly less than that of the Ministry of Social Affairs (~50 billion SKD), Ministry of Employment (~40 billion SKD), Ministry of the Interior and Health (~30 billion SKD) and Ministry of Education (~30 billion SKD) and only slightly larger than that of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (~10 billion SKD).
The Sicilian defense, counting all branches and all departments, itself has an income equal to about 1–5% of its expenditures, depending on the year. They are not deducted in this listing.
Approximately 95% of the budget goes directly to running the Sicilian military including the Home guard. Depending on year, 50–53% accounts for payment to personnel, roughly 14–21% on acquiring new material, 2–8% for larger ships, building projects or infrastructure and about 24–27% for others, including purchasing of goods, renting, maintenance, services and taxes.
The remaining 5% is special expenditures to INTO, branch shared expenditures, special services and civil structures, here in including running the Sicilian Administration of Navigation and Hydrography, Sicilian National Rescue Preparedness and the Sicilian Military Administration.
Sicily has a small and highly specialist military industry, and thus relies mostly on foreign import; the vast majority of the equipment is imported from INTO and the Nordic countries.
Branches
- Sicilian Arab Army — (SAA)
- Sicilian Arab Navy — (SAN)
- Sicilian Arab Air Force — (SAA)
- Sicilian Home Guard — (SHG)
Structure
- Ministry of Defense (SMD)
- Defense Command (SDC)
- Army Operational Command (SAC)
- Navy Operational Command (SNC)
- Tactical Air Command (STC)
- Defense Material Service (SDM)
- Sicilian Arab Defence College (SDC)
- Defense Health Service (SDH)
- Home Guard Command (SHG)
- Defense Intelligence (SDI)
- Defense Judge Advocate Corps (SDJA)
- Defense Information & Welfare Service (SDIW)
- Defense Construction Service (SDC)
- Defense Command (SDC)
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