Eritrea

Eritrea

Eritrea

Capital: Asmara

Modern Historical

Eritrean War of Independence- EPLF and ELF guerrilla forces fought against Ethiopian forces..

Eritrean-Ethiopian War

Border skirmishes with Djibouti

Cold War against rival Ethiopia.

Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF)

45,000 active duty personnel

250,000 reserve personnel

Eritrean Air Force

MiG-29 fighter aircraft (35)

MiG-21 fighter aircraft (6)

Su-27 attack aircraft (18)

Su-25 attack aircraft (17)

Aermacchi MB-339 trainer/light attack aircraft (20)

Aermacchi M-290 RediGo trainer aircraft (6)

C-130 Hercules transport aircraft (8)

An-12 transport aircraft (2)

Xian MA-60 transport aircraft (4)

Harbin Y-12 transport aircraft (5)

Dornier Do-28 aircraft (4)

Dornier Do-228 aircraft (1)

Bombardier Challenger 600 aircraft used for VIP transport (1)

IAI Astra aircraft used for VIP transport (1)

Mi-24 attack helicopters (21)

Mi-8 transport helicopters (3)

Agusta Bell 412 helicopters (4)

AA-2 Atoll air-to-air missiles

AA-10 Alamo air-to-air missiles

AA-11 Archer air-to-air missiles

AA-12 Adder air-to-air missiles

Navy

Eritrea lies along a strategic position along the Red Sea and the Straits of Bab al-Mandeb.

The entire coastline was taken from Ethiopia after Eritrea broke off and won independence.

The remnants of the former Ethiopian Navy was inherited by Eritrea.

The Eritrean Navy is headquartered in the Port city of Massawa

israeli made Super Dvora fast attack craft with Gabriel anti-ship missiles (6)

Osa class missile boats with SS-N-2 Styx anti-ship missiles (5)

Patrol boats, Swift ships (3)

Patrol Boats, Eritrean made (4)

Landing Craft. Utility (1)

Landing Craft, Tank (2)?

Army

T-55 tanks (150)

BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles

BTR-60 armored personnel carriers (10)

BM-27 220mm multiple rocket launchers (9)

BM-21 122mm multiple rocket launchers

2S1 self propelled 122mm howitzers (20)

M-46 towed 130mm howitzers (30)

AT-14 (Kornet-E) anti-tank guided missiles

RPG-7 shoulder fired anti-tank rocket launchers

DShK machine guns

PK machine guns

RPD machine guns

AKM assault rifles

AK-47 assault rifles

M16 assault rifles

Uzi sub-machine guns

Makarov pistols

Air Defense

SA-18 (9K38 Igla) shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

S-60 towed 57mm anti-aircraft guns (12)

ZSU-23-4 self propelled 23mm anti-aircraft guns (9)

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