Scanonian Defense Forces
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Scanonian Defense Forces | |
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Försvarsmakten | |
Founded | 1718; 302 years ago |
Current form | 1985 |
Service branches | Scanonian Army Scanonian Air Force Home Guard |
Headquarters | Tillberg fortress, Kristianstad |
Leadership | |
King | Frederick VIII |
Minister of National Defense | Valter Elmersson |
Chief of Defence Staff | Lieutenant General Torvald Mattsson |
Personnel | |
Military age | 17-67 years old |
Conscription | Yes, 6 to 18 months |
Available for military service | 19,650,000 age 17-48 (2020 estimate), age 15–49 (2020 est.) |
Fit for military service | 15,375,000 age 17-48 (2020 estimate), age 15–49 (2020 est.) |
Reaching military age annually | 2,500,000 (2020 estimate) (2020 est.) |
Active personnel | 140,000 (115,000 professional + 25,000 Home Guard) |
Reserve personnel | 75,000 |
Expenditure | |
Budget | 220.5 billion SKK ($49 billion) (2020) |
Percent of GDP | 1.4% (2020) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | SFI AB |
Foreign suppliers | Noordenstaat Nikolia |
The Scanonian Defense Forces (Scanonian: Försvarsmakten) is the principal Scanonian government agency that forms the military force of Scanonia. It is tasked with national defense, humanitarian aid, international deployment as part of the peacekeeping force and search and rescue in times of natural disasters. The Scanonian Defense Forces consist of Army (78,500), Air Force (36,500) and the military reserve force, the Home Guard (25,000) under command of the Supreme Commander of the Scanonian Defense Forces, who in turn answers to the Government of Scanonia through the Ministry of Defense.