Armed Forces of Belarus
The Armed Forces of Belarus are the Ground Forces and the Belarusian Air Force. All are under the command of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. Lieutenant general Yurij Viktorovich Zhadobin is the Minister of Defense since December 4, 2009.[4] Being a landlocked country, Belarus has no navy.
| Armed Forces of Belarus | |
|---|---|
 Symbol of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus | |
| Current form | 1992 |
| Parts | Army Belarusian Air Force |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Alexander Lukashenko |
| Minister of Defence | LtGen Yurij Zhadobin |
| Serving soldiers | |
| Active employees/soldiers | 48 000 (and 12 000 civilian in 2012)[1][2] |
| Reserve personnel | 289,500[2] |
| Deployed personnel | 4,560 (Around the borders)[3] |
| Expenditures | |
| Percent of GDP | 1.4% (FY2010 est.) |
| Industry | |
| Suppliers from foreign countries |
 Russia China Iran
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The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus is the government group that has the duties of raising and maintaining the Armed Forces of Belarus. The formation of the ministry began in 1992. This was a year after the end of the Soviet Union and Belarus becoming an independent state.
Armed Forces Of Belarus Media
Map showing main military units of the Belarusian Armed Forces Ground Forces Air and Air Defence Forces Special Forces Transport Troops
Soldiers of the Belarusian Battalion within the Lithuanian Armed Forces 1919
Troops of the Special Forces during the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The Special Purpose Unit of the Internal Troops.
Belarusian jets during a flyby in Minsk, July 2019.
BTR-ZD with installed ZU-23-2 of 103rd Mobile Brigade, Belarus
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References
- ↑ "В белорусской армии служит 62 тысячи человек | Армия Беларуси". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Armed forces - Belarus
- ↑ Ground Forces - Belarus
- ↑ "Министерство обороны РБ - Руководящий состав". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- Belarusian Army: Capacity And Its Role In The Region Archived 2014-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
