Back القوات المسلحة الأذربيجانية Arabic Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri Azerbaijani آذربایجان جومهوریتی سیلاحلی گوجلری AZB Узброеныя сілы Азербайджана Byelorussian Въоръжени сили на Азербайджан Bulgarian Vojska Azerbejdžana BS Азербайджанан ТӀеман ницкъаш CE Ozbrojené síly Ázerbájdžánu Czech Aserbaidschanische Streitkräfte German Αζερικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις Greek

Azerbaijani Armed Forces

Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri
Coat of arms of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces
Founded26 June 1918
Current form9 October 1991[1]
Service branches Azerbaijani Land Forces
 Azerbaijani Navy
 Azerbaijani Air Force
HeadquartersBaku
Websitemod.gov.az/en
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief President Ilham Aliyev
Defence Minister Colonel General Zakir Hasanov
Chief of General Staff Colonel General Karim Valiyev
Personnel
Military age18 years
Conscription12–18 months for ground forces[2]
Available for
military service		3,000,000, age 18–49
Active personnel128.000 [3]
Reserve personnel306.000
Deployed personnel122[4]
Expenditure
Budget$5.0 billion (2025)[5]
Percent of GDP5.26%
Industry
Domestic suppliersAzerbaijan Defense Industry
State Border Service Naval Shipyard
Foreign supplierssee text
Related articles
HistoryMilitary history of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920)
Battle of Baku (1918)
Azerbaijan during World War II
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Iron Fist)
RanksMilitary ranks of Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani Armed Forces (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) is the military of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It was re-established according to the country's Law of the Armed Forces on 9 October 1991.[1] The original Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's armed forces were dissolved after Azerbaijan was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 28 April 1920. After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991–92, Azerbaijan's armed forces were reformed based on Soviet bases and equipment left on Azerbaijani soil.

The armed forces have three branches: the Azerbaijani Land Forces, the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force, and the Azerbaijani Navy.[6] Associated forces include the Azerbaijani National Guard, the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan, and the State Border Service, which can be involved in state defense under certain circumstances.

According to the Azerbaijani media sources, the military expenditures of Azerbaijan for 2009 were set at US$2.46 billion,[7] however according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, only $1.473 billion was spent that year.[8] IISS also suggests that the defence budget in 2009 was $1.5 billion.[9] The Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan supervises the design, manufacturing, regulation and maintenance of military equipment. In the future, Azerbaijan hopes to start building tanks, armored vehicles, military planes and military helicopters.[10][11][12]

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  2. ^ "Azerbaijan - European Bureau for Conscientious Objection". www.ebco-beoc.org. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ IISS (2024). The Military Balance 2024. Routledge. p. 180. ISBN 978-0367466398.
  4. ^ The Military Balance 2019. 2019. p. 185.
  5. ^ "Азербайджан в текущем году планирует увеличить военные расходы". 18 June 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference JSSA-MT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Gov't allots over $2bn for 2009 defense spending". AzerNEWS. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  8. ^ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ The Military Balance 2010. London: Routledge for the IISS. 2010. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-85743-557-3.
  10. ^ "Azerbaijan manufacturing arms". 26 January 2008. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Azerbaijan to manufacture its own aircraft and helicopters". Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  12. ^ "Azerbaijan will be unable to produce competitive military technology in the next five years". Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2008. and "Azerbaijan to produce tanks, aviation bombs and pilotless vehicles in 2009". Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

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