Military Presence

Allied Forces

AFGHANISTAN - 300 troops

AUSTRALIA - 1 guided missle ship, 1 frigate, 2 surgical teams

BANGLADESH - 6,000 troops

BELGIUM - 1 frigate, 2 minesweepers, 2 landing ships, 6 C-130 planes

BRITAIN - 43,000 troops, 6 destroyers, 4 frigates, 3 minesweepers, 168 tanks, 300 armored vehicles, 70 jets

CANADA - 2 destroyers, 12 C-130 planes, 24 CF-18 bombers

CZECHOSLVAKIA< - 200 chemical warfare specialists

EGYPT - 40,000 troops (5,000 special forces paratroopers)

FRANCE - 18,000 troops, 60 combat aircraft, 120 helicopters, 40 tanks, 1 missle cruiser, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates

HONDURAS - 150 troops

ITALY - 3 frigates, 4 minesweepers, 10 Tornado Aircraft

KUWAIT - 11,000 troops, 2 missle boats, 1 barge operations platform

NIGER - 500 troops

OMAN - 25,500 troops, 63 airplanes, 4 Exocet-armed ships

QATAR - 1 squadron of Mirage F-1E fighters

ROMANIA - 180 chemical warfare experts

SAUDI ARABIA - 118,000 troops, 550 tanks, 180 airplanes

SOUTH KOREA - 5 C-130 transport planes, 1 medical team

SYRIA - 17,000 troops, 300 T-62 tanks

UNITED ARAB EMRIATES - 40,000 troops, 80 planes, 200 tanks

UNITED STATES - 540,000 troops, 6 aircraft carriers, submarines, 2,000 tanks, 1,700 helicopters, 1,800 airplanes

Info compiled from various sources


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