Kentalian National Armed Forces
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Kentalian National Armed forces | |
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Барийни Кенталијанске националне оружане снаге | |
Motto | "Prepared for all" |
Founded | 1705 |
Current form | 1965 | (Modern form)
Service branches | Kentalian Army Kentalian National Navy Kentalian National Airforce Kentalian Gendarmery |
Headquarters | Ministry of Defence, Polácica |
Website | Kentnac.kt |
Leadership | |
Supreme Command | The Government |
Minister of Defence | Violeta Ević |
Chief of Defence | Živko Bojanić |
Personnel | |
Military age | 17 |
Conscription | Yes, suspended since 1975 |
Active personnel | 198,415 |
Reserve personnel | 39,981 |
Deployed personnel | 26,203 |
Expenditure | |
Budget | ᕋ32.453 billion (₳32.748 billion) (2019) |
Percent of GDP | 1.58% (2019) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | Markavar Military Technologies Forijas Armoured Yards Blachim Shipyards DOTEN Group Odbrim |
Foreign suppliers | Vultesia Bakyern Gassasinia Riamo |
Related articles | |
Ranks | Military ranks of Kentalis |
The Kentalian Armed Forces (Kental: Барийни Кенталијанске националне оружане снаге, romanised Barijni Kentalijanske Nacionalne Oružane Sage) are the Military services of the Republic of Kentalis. At the core, it consists of four service branches: The Kentalian Army (Кенталијанска војска, romanised: Kentalijanska Vojska), the Kentalian National Navy (Кенталијанска национална морнарица, romanised: Kentalijanska Nacionalna Mornarica), the Kentalian National Airforce (Кенталијанско национално ваздухопловство, romanised Kentalijansko Nacionalno Vazduhoplovstvo) and the Kentalian Gendarmery (Кенталијанско Жандармерија, romanised: Kentalijanska Žandarmerija). These four forces have military status and are all organized along military lines, comprising a total of 198,415 men and women with the official status of active military personnel. The Minister-President of Kentalis holds the power as the Supreme Commander, being the head of the Council of Defence. According to article 54 of the Kentalian Constitution, the Senate has the authority to declare a state of war and vest the necessary powers in the Government.