DEFENCE KEY FIGURES release

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D E F E N C E K E Y F I G U R E S

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1 - The main activities of the State ... 5

2 - The Defence budget ...

7 3 - The Ministry manpower as at 2010...13

4 - French forces deployed outside Metropolitan France ...17

5 - Armed forces equipment ...18

6 - Comparisons between the United States and the European Union ...21

defence figures 2010 - 2011

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introduction

Promulgated on 29th July 2009, the Military Programme Law defines France’s Defence policy and plans

dedicated financial resources for the 2009-2014 period.

2011 is not only the third year of the 2009-2014 Military Programme Law, but also the first accounting period

of the 2011-2013 three-year budgetary programme.

Although compared with what was projected in the Military Programme Law the Defence Budget was slightly

reduced in 2011 to contribute to the collective effort for the recovery of public finances, the level of resources

allocated to the “Defence” mission has remained fairly close to that initially planned.

Despite the reorientation of initial resources, equipment efforts still are prioritized. Separately, there has

been a milestone in the forces’ transformation, with the widespread implementation of

Bases de Défense

,

while staff trimming and territorial restructuration go on as planned.

Meanwhile, our forces have kept and keep performing sustained engagements, especially in operations

abroad.

1.1 Distribution of budget appropriations among the missions of the State (2011 Initial Finance Law)

1. the main activities of the state

61,79 46,93 37,41 25,18 16,81 12,37 11,75 11,57 9,51 7,63 7,14 6,03 3,67 3,33

3,32 Veterans, remembrance and defence-nation links*

Agriculture, fishing, food, forest and rural affairs Public aid to development

Pensions and benefit systems Justice

Solidarity, social insertion and equal opportunity policy City and housing policy

Public finance and human resources management Jobs and employment

Security

Research and higher education

Defence

School education State financial commitments Ecology, sustainable development and action

In payment appropriations (PA) in billion € – pensions inclusive.

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1.2 The Defence budget within the budget of the State (2011 Initial Finance Law) in expanded standard*

School education 17.2% Deduction on receipts for contributing to the territorial collectivities budget 15.4%

Others 7.1% Justice 2%

Pensions and benefit systems 1.7%

Deduction on receipts for contributing to the European Communities budget 5.1%

State financial commitments 13% City and housing policy 2.1%

Research and higher education 6.9% Security 4.7% Jobs and employment 3.2%

MoD: : 40 810 M€ (11.3%) Dual research 0.1% Defence 10.4%

Ecology, sustainable development and action 2.6%

Veterans, remembrance and defence-nation links 0.9%

Public finance and human resources management 3.3% Solidarity, social insertion and equal opportunity policy 3.4%

Total budget appropriations: 359.97 billions €

Pensions inclusive

*Expanded standard = State budget + deductions on receipts.

The budget of all three missions of the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs amounts to 11.3% of the State’s overall budget in payment

appropriations (PA), plus non-recurring income.

2. the defence Budget

The budget system law “

Loi organique relative aux lois de finances

“ (Lolf), sets forth the budget according to

an apportionment of credits to missions, programmes and actions.

Three missions are thus allocated to the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs: the “Defence” mission as

such, the “Veterans, remembrance and defence-nation links” mission, as well as the “Dual (civil and military)

research“ programme which is part of the interdepartmental mission for “Research and higher education”.

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2.1 The LOLF-format defence budget

MISSIonS

PRogRAMMeS

AcTIonS

Defence

Environment

and future defence policy

(144)

Strategic analysis Future force systems analysis

collection and processing of intelligence pertaining to French security controlling technological and industrial capabilities

Support to exports Defence diplomacy

Forces’ equipment

(146)

Deterrence

command and information management Deployment – mobility – support engagement and combat Protection and safety

Preparation and conduct of armament operations Foreign shares and civilian programmes

Readiness

and employment of forces

(178)

capacity planning and conduct of operations Readiness of land forces

Readiness of naval forces Readiness of air forces Logistics and joint-services support cost overruns related to deployments abroad cost overruns related to domestic deployments

MISSIonS

PRogRAMMeS

AcTIonS

Defence

Support to defence policy

(212)

Direction and management Supervision

central management and outside bodies Real estate policy

Information, administration and management systems Support to human resources policy

Promotion and development of the cultural heritage communication Restructurings

Veterans,

remembrance

and

defence-nation links

Defence-nation links (167)

Defence information day_{Remembrance policy}

Recognition

and compensation for veterans

(169)

Life debt management

Management war disability pensions rights Solidarity

Support

compensations for health consequences of the French nuclear trials

Research

and higher

education

Dual (civil and military) research

(191)

Dual research in life sciences

Dual research in information and communication sciences and technology Dual research in aerospace

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Including 7 292 M€ (employer’s contribution to pensions).

Breakdown of allocations of the MoD programme: 40 810 M€ plus non-recurring income.

2.2 Sharing out of credits among programmes (2011 Initial Finance Law)

21 891 M€ 10 712 M€ 1 792 M€ 197 M€ 3 014 M€ 3 070 M€ 134 M€

P144 - Environment and future defence policy (4.4%) P146 - Forces' equipment (26.2%)

P178 - Readiness and employment of forces (53.6%) P167 - Defence-nation links (0.3%)

P169 - Recognition and compensation for veterans (7.5%) P191 - Dual (civil and military) research - (0.5%) P212 - Support to the defence policy (7.4%)

2.3 Breakdown of credits per title - including pensions - (2011 Initial Finance Law)

2011 (InITIAL FInAnce LAw)

PRogRAMMeS In M€

TITLe 2

TITLe 3

TITLe 5

TITLe 6

TITLe 7

ToTAL

Defence

P144

569 1 009

158

55 -

1 792

P146

1 870

1 019

7 822

2 -

10 712

P178

15 491

5 773

418

209 -

21 891

P212

1 032

874 1 061

40

7 3 014

TOTAL

18 962

8 676

9 457

307

7 37 409

Veterans, remembrance and defence-nation links

P167

102

24

2

7 -

134

P169

12

76 -

2 982

-

3 070

TOTAL

114

100

2 2 988

-

3 204

Research and higher education

P191

-

197 -

-

197 DEFENCE BUDgET TOTAL

19 076

8 973

9 459

3 295

7 40 810*

*Plus non-recurring income.

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2.4 Support to Defence Research and Development

CONTRACTS PRELIMINARY STUDIES P144 P144 P144 CONVENTIONAL SPACE NUCLEAR SUBSIDIZED PHD GRANTS… SUBSIDIES

STRATEGIC AND FUTURE  ORIENTED STUDIES OPERATIONAL AND TECHNICAL  OPERATIONAL STUDIES DUAL RESEARCH: P191 AEC RESEARCH: P146

+

DEVELOPMENT: P146 Preliminary studies 695 M€ R & T Research and Technology 850 M€ ED Defence studies 1.7 billion€ R & D Research and Development 3.3 billion€

The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs fosters and supports industrial and technological innovation by providing

around 10% of all Research and Development (R&D) funds in France, that is 3.3 billion € in payment appropriations.

3. the ministry manpower as at 2010

3.1 Breakdown of personnel per programme as at 2010

MILITARy

cIVILIAnS

ToTAL STAFF

In %

Defence

234 552

67 814

302 366

99.1 P144 environment and future defence policy

4 379

4 162

8 541

2.8 P146 Forces’ equipment

3 476

9 752

13 228

4.3 P178 Readiness and employment of forces

223 671

45 774

269 445

88.3 P212 Support to defence policy

3 026

8 126

11 152

3.7 Veterans, remembrance and defence-nation links

678 2 176

2 854

0.9 P167 defence-nation links

678 1 442

2 120

0.7 P169 Recognition and compensation for veterans

-

734

0.2 TOTAL MANPOwER PER CATEgORy

235 230

69 990

305 220

category as part of the total staff in %

77.1

22.9

100

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3.2 Breakdown of personnel per staff category as at 2010

106 309

NCOs 89 072enlisted ranks-and-files

3 111 volunteers 69 990 civilians 36 738 officers

* This figure includes all Gendarmerie military personnel assigned to specialized Gendarmerie stations working for the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs.

Total manpower* =

305220

3.3 Breakdown of personnel per service and staff category as at 2010

* This figure includes:

- All Gendarmerie military personnel assigned to specialized Gendarmerie stations working for the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs. - All military personnel assigned to joint-services or ministerial bodies and departments (general secretariat for administration excluded). Note : The servicemen working for the General Secretariat for Administration are counted as part of their affiliated service.

Females represent 15.1% of military manpower (2010 figures):

12.2% officers, 16.4% ncos, 14% enlisted ranks-and-files and 32.6% volunteers.

ARMy

nAVy

AIR FoRce

MISceLLAneouS *

ToTAL

officers

16 035

5 121

7 367

8 215

36 738

ncos

42 724

26 009

29 964

7 612

106 309

enlisted

ranks-and-files

65 356

7 829

14 785

1 102

89 072

Volunteers

1 026

909

403

773 3 111

SuBToTAL

125 141

39 868

52 519

17 702

235 230

civilians

19 345

6 118

7 491

37 036

69 990

TOTAL

144 486

45 986

60 010

54 738

305 220

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6 477

5 045

3 869

78 16 987

148 Army (52.1%)

Navy (19.9%)

Air Force (15.5%)

Defence Health Service (11.8%)

Petrol, Oil and Lubricant Services (0.2%)

Defence Procurement Agency (0.5%)

Total of volunteers under ESR* : 32 604

3.4 The operational reserve manpower as at 2010

* ESR (reserve commitment).

4. french forces deployed outside metropolitan france

May 2011

TOTAL 25 500 military

Antilles French Guyana Reunion and Mayotte Islands New Caledonia Polynesia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon SOVEREIGNTY FORCES 8 300 Sénégal Gabon Djibouti

Pacific Ocean maritime area Indian Ocean maritime area / UAE

United Arab Emirates PRESENCE FORCES 5 200 Chad Gulf of Guinea CAR Côte-d’Ivoire Libia FRENCH DEPLOYMENTS 4 700

NATO (Afghanistan, Kosovo, Libia) UN (Lebanon, Côte-d'Ivoire, others) EU (gulf of Aden, others) Other coalitions (Central Asia, others)

MULTINATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS

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5. armed forces equipment

5.1 Army

equIPMenT

AMounT

equIPMenT

AMounT

A

rmouredvehicles

7 570

c

onventionAlArtillery

388

Combat tanks 155mm self-propelled guns (Caesar, AUF1 & TRF1) 157

Leclerc 254 VoA AMX 10 39

Tracked armoured vehicles 120mm mortars 192

VHM 53

i

nfAntryequipment

3 117

DcL (repair tanks) 18 Felin

AMX 30 D 58

A

nti

-

tAnkweAponsystems

1 138

AMX 10P 331 Milan firing stations 540

eBg & SDPMAc* 54 (42+12) Hot 30

Wheeled vehicles eryx 492

AMX 10 RcR 256 Javelin 76

eRc 90 Sagaie 160

h

elicopters

312

combat armoured vehicles (VBcI) 272 All gazelle 153

Troop transport (LAVs of all types) 3 585 Tiger 36

Light armoured vehicles (PVP) 900 cougar 23

Light armoured vehicles (VBL-VB2L) 1 610 Puma SA 330 92

Aravis 14 caracal 8

Buffalo 5

G

round

-

to

-

AirweAponsystems

234

*Pyrotechnic mine-removal system for anti-tank mines. Hawk 8

Mistral firing stations 226

5.2 Navy

(as at 2011/12/31)

equIPMenT

AMounT equIPMenT

AMounT

c

ombAtAndsupportships

75 s

cientificships

3

Ship Submersible Ballistic nuclear (SSBn) 4 experiment and test ships

Ship Submersible nuclear (SSn) 6

c

Arrier

-

bAsedAviAtion

60

Aircraft-carriers 1 Super-Étendard Modernized 27

Projection ships (BPc/TcD) 4 Rafale (including 10 F1) 30

First class frigates1 ₁₆ _{Hawkeye – e2c} ₃

Surveillance frigates 6

m

AritimepAtrolAviAtion

22

High seas patrol boats2 ₁₉ _{Atlantique 2}

Austral patrol boat 1

m

AritimesurveillAnce

9

Mine warfare ships 11 Falcon 200 (5) - Falcon 50 (4)

Support ships3 ₄

_c

_ombAt_And_rescue_helicopters

₄₇

Light transport ships 3 Lynx (22) - Panther/Hc4 (16) - Dauphin Pedro (3) - caïman (6)

A

mphibiousAssets

23 p

ublicservicehelicopters

9

cDIc, cTM, eDA ec225 (2)-Dauphin SP (7)

p

oliceAndsurveillAnce

30 m

AritimesupportAviAtion

58

Patrol boats and speedboats from the gendarmerie4 _{Alouette III (25) - Falcon 10 (6) - Xingu (11) - Rallye (9) - cap 10 (7)}

n

AuticAlinformAtion

5

1 - 2 air defence frigates Horizon, 2 anti-air frigates, 7 anti-submarine frigates, 5 La-Fayette class frigates.

2 - 9 avisos, 5 P400, 5 public service patrol boats. 3 - 3 command and supply ships and 1 tanker ship.

4 - 5 patrol ships (gendarmerie), 25 coastal speedboats (gendarmerie). 5 - 4 assistance and rescue tugboats, 2 high seas tugboats, 3 regional support ships,

4 de-pollution and assistance support ships.

6 - 8 training ships, 2 naval instruction ships, 4 sailing ships, 1 anti-submarine frigate.

oceanographic and hydrographical ships

d

rAinAGeAndsurveillAnceoffAirwAys

7

Diving and mine-removal-support ships, sonar towing ships.

A

uxiliAryships

13

Assistance, rescue, support, antipollution ships and high-seas tugboats5

t

eAchinGAndtrAininG

15

(11)

5.3 Air Force

equIPMenT

AMounT equIPMenT

AMounT

c

ombAtAircrAft

234 l

iAisonAircrAft

27

Rafale (All-purpose) 59 A330, Falcon 7X, Falcon 900 and Falcon 50 (Aircraft for

governmental use) 7

Mirage 2000n (nuclear and conventional assault) 26

Mirage 2000D and Mirage F1 cT (conventional assault) 67 TBM700/ DHc6 (Liaison aircraft) 20

Mirage 2000-5 / Mirage 2000 c (Air defence) 56

t

rAininGAircrAft

88

Mirage F1 cR (Tactical reconnaissance) 17 Alphajet (Fighter pilot’s training) 65

Mirage 2000B and Mirage F1 B (Transformation) 9 Xingu (Transport pilot’s training) 23

e

xperimentAtionsAirfleet

16 p

resentAtionteAms

15

Rafale 5 Alphajet (Patrouille de France) 12

Mirage 2000 8 extra 300 (Arial acrobatics) 3

Alphajet 3

h

elicopters

80 t

rAnsportAircrAft

87

Fennec (Air defence - Aerial security active measures) 41

A340 and A310 (Strategic transport) 5 caracal and cougar (combat search and rescue) 9

c130 and c160 (Tactical transport) 62 Super Puma and Puma (Transport) 30

cn 235 (Light freight) 20

uAv

s

4 s

upportAircrAft

20

Harfang

c135 FR and Kc 135 R (Tanker aircraft) 14

G

round

-

to

-

AirweAponsystems

18

e-3F SDcA (Airborne detection command and control) 4 crotale ng 12

c160g (electromagnetic intelligence gathering) 2 SAMP-T 6

6. comparisons Between the united states

and the european union

189 600 14 082 12 817 502 310 GDP (G€)

United States European Union Population (million inhabitants) Military manpower (thousand men) 1 767 75 9 1 427 _Running spending