The Iraqi Armed Forces

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Iraq orders 24 Apaches, 175 M1A1/2, 250 Bradley fighting vehicles, $2.3Bn Air Defence Systems and other equipment. F16 and Apache delivery to start next year. 2 F16's to be delivered every month starting next year september, completing F16 delivery by 2015.


See Pg.9 Here:

http://www.sigir.mil/files/quarterlyreports/April2013/Report_-_April_2013.pdf#view=fit

The tank case involved the purchase
of 140 M1A1 Abrams at just under a
billion. They want to buy another 175
at about $1.2 billion. The C130J case is
halfway complete, with three delivered
and three more to come, at a cost of less
than a billion. The Integrated Air Defense System case is under development
and could cost about $2.3 billion, but it
will require congressional notification
(meaning the Congress could veto it).
Also under development is a $3 billion
case to purchase 24 Apache helicopters.
Iraq is getting six delivered in about
nine months, under a lease arrangement, to use until the full Apache case
is completed. That case also involves
congressional notification. They want
250 Bradley Fighting Vehicles at a cost of
about $800*million, and the case is under development. Iraq also wants UAVs
(drones), but it is also dependent on
congressional notification. On the naval
front, we have delivered 11 patrol boats,
will deliver 1 more this year, are working
contracts for 3 more, and have already
delivered 2 OSVs (large transport ships)

Also, according to Dj Elliot (Iraq military analyst ) Iraq has ordered Mig35's.


So, the attack helicopter fleet:

24- Apaches
40- Mi28NE
6- Mi35
Ka52 ?
AH1Z Vipers (May be?)

 

[Doritos11]

Air defence systems most likely to be : Patriot pac 3
After the Russian and US deals are completed Iraqs conventional military power will exceed that of Kuwait and come equal to that of Jordan, ( my views ).

 

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Equal ? ..

Even as of now, with Iraq having only 234 tanks and no fighter jets, Jordan is only ranked 2 places ahead of us on Global firepower ..rank 56.

http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

Plus, Iraqs revenues and military budget exceeds Jordans by miles..this is not even taking into account Iraqs available manpower and active service, which is double if not tripple the whole of the jordanian population.

Iraqs military will be one of the best in the region in the next 5-10 years..by my speculations, and conclusive facts.

As for experience in conventional warfare ..jordanian have nothing.

Iraq armament is picking up pace..deliveries of the Russian deal will start this year september, followed by a lot more toys in the years coming ahead.

PS.

(Iraqs military already exceeds kuwait by the global firepower ranking)..nvm.

 

[Doritos11]

Equal ? ..

Even as of now, with Iraq having only 234 tanks and no fighter jets, Jordan is only ranked 2 places ahead of us on Global firepower ..rank 56.

Global Firepower Military Ranks - 2013

(Iraqs military already exceeds kuwait by the global firepower ranking)..which we could invade again!!..man they're not even the quarter size of Anbar province!..may be they can put up a small fight, but in terms of military aptitude we can take them on..not that we really should..just a matte of perspective.

Plus, Iraqs revenues and military budget exceeds Jordans by miles..this is not even taking into account Iraqs available manpower and active service, which is double if not tripple the whole of the jordanian population.

Iraqs military will be one of the best in the region in the next 5-10 years..by my speculations, and conclusive facts.

As for experience in conventional warfare ..jordanian have nothing.

Iraq armament is picking up pace..deliveries of the Russian deal will start this year september, followed by a lot more toys in the years coming ahead.

Globalfirepower ranks Afghanistan 10 places above Iraq, it even ranks Afghanistan above the UAE, while Afghanistan has no proper armed forces, not sure if this website is that reliable.

We have a bigger population, manpower, high ranked officers with experience in conventional warfare only I compared military equipment only.
Today we have no air defence, no real attack helicopters, fighter jets, 140 MBT while even Kuwait has 200+ Abrams.
Thats why I believe after these deals the military will have the equipment which will put this military above Kuwait and Jordan.
I compared it to our neighbours, ofcourse the other neigbhours excluding Syria are far more advanced which will take a long time to catch up with.

 

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thought you were saying Iraq will reach the standards of Jordan and kuwait in the coming years.

But fiar point, global fire power does put the military ranking into petty context..Iraq is definitely at a pale stage right now compared to the neighbours..but even that said, a lot of our neighbours are f*cking clueless in conventional warfare, experience is sometimes more essential than anything in warfare, besides human and military resources..anyways, Iraqs armed forces will be better and stronger in the near future.

 

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thought you were saying Iraq will reach the standards of Jordan and kuwait in the coming years.

But fiar point, global fire power does put the military ranking into petty context..Iraq is definitely at a pale stage right now compared to the neighbours..but even that said, a lot of are neighbours are f*cking clueless in conventional warfare, experience is sometimes more essential than anything in warfare, besides human and military resources..anyways, Iraqs armed forces will be better and stronger in the near future.

We will surpass Jordan, Kuwait and Syria no doubt but the greater need is to have a force able to compete with Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia as we will definitely have problems with some in the future considering Iraq is in the middle of all these countries possibly to fall into proxy wars led by them like what we see in Syria today.

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Iraq forces foot patrol during a military operation in the Hamrin mountains area near the Iraqi-Iranian border, June 11, 2013. Iraq forces said on Tuesday they had detained 156 suspected insurgents during operations to crack down on of al-Qaeda militants, the Naqshbandi army and the outlawed Baath party. Iraq is facing a surge in sectarian violence officials blame on Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to drag the country into a civil war. REUTERS/Mohammed Adnan (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)

 

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Lieutenant Ali Kareem, who was once on the same course as Prince William, will now join the Iraqi Air Force.

The 21-year-old can fly C130 Hercules and King Air planes after graduating as a multi-engine pilot from RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford in Lincolnshire.

He was presented with his wings by Air Commodore Martin Sharp, who is project director of Armed Forces Day.

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1st Lt. Mustafa Sa'ad Shakir

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1st Lt. Mustafa Sa'ad Shakir receiving the sword of honor from Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain due to his graduation as the first on his colleagues

 

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The Aviationist » Former US adversaries to buy Russian attack choppers…with US consent

he Iraq’s Mi-28NE, being an export derivative of Mi-28N, are to increase the defense capabilities of the country significantly.

The equipment of the helicopter is pretty much the same as of the version used by the Russian Air Force and it includes: thermal imaging system, night vision system, Almaz-280 radar with a range of 10km. The radar is capable of detecting both ground and aerial targets.

Another peculiar feature of the Havoc is an integrated fly-by-wire system, capable of flying at low levels in an automated mode.

The armament is a 30mm cannon and several models of missiles, including Ataka anti-tank guided missiles as well as (quite unusual for an attack helicopter) air-to-air Igla-W and R-60 AAMs.

Not only does the Rosoboronexport offer include 10 helicopters, but it also contains pilots and ground crew training, supply of spare parts and armaments. It is the first contract of the two-party agreement.

Iraqi now being a democratic country, guided by the US may afford such expensive contract. As capt. Saad Al Khadfaji said in his interview for Arabian Aerospace: ‘We are a rich country. Our budget was $110 billion last year, and it will increase this year, so money is not a big issue’.

In the light of the above, $4.3 billion purchase of the Russian helicopters is just a tiny bit of the huge amount of money Iraq has at its disposal, probably thanks to the crude oil still being a valuable asset in the international market.

Iraq is not the sole former US adversary that buys military equipment from (another) former US enemy (Russia). Afghanistan also is to buy Mi-17V5′s until end of this year. A tripartite agreement between US, Afghanistan and Russia is a basis for this decision.

 

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thought you were saying Iraq will reach the standards of Jordan and kuwait in the coming years.

But fiar point, global fire power does put the military ranking into petty context..Iraq is definitely at a pale stage right now compared to the neighbours..but even that said, a lot of our neighbours are f*cking clueless in conventional warfare, experience is sometimes more essential than anything in warfare, besides human and military resources..anyways, Iraqs armed forces will be better and stronger in the near future.

Experience is essential. And so is letting the commanders on the ground have the utmost autonomy in carrying out their mission. Can't have the big-shot wanna be in Baghdad micro-managing everything.

And that's what most Armies lack. This isn't the 18 or 19th century, where the supreme army general had 20,000 troops to order around. There are 100,000s of soldiers. Give the low ranking officer the tools and incentive to help the war effort.

Intelligence is essential and you have to get that Spec Ops team in a helicopter to do their mission objectives.

Soldiers aren't meant to die. They're meant to get the other guy to die for his.