UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  UJEDINJENI ARAPSKI EMIRATI

      Odbrambene snage unije su oružane snage Ujedinjenih Arapskih Emirata i primarna im je dužnost odbrana svih sedam emirata. Oružane snage broje oko 70.500 pripadnika, čiji je glavni štab smješten u Abu Dabiju.

      The Union Defence Force is the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates and has primary responsibility for the defense of all seven emirates. It consists of 70,500 personnel, and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. There are two distinct military organizations in the UAE, the UAE federal military force is called the Union Defence Force, and then several of the Emirates maintain their own forces.

MISSION DEPLOYMENTS  UČEŠĆE U MISIJAMA

      UAE šalje snage u Kuvajt 1990-1991, u Zaljevski rat gdje nekoliko stotina njihovih vojnika ulazi u Kuwait City. Istovremeno su njihove zračne snage napadale položaje u Iraku. U misiju Ujedinjenih Naroda u Somaliji (UNOSOM II) šalju jedan pješadijski bataljon, a na Kosovo šalju 35. mehanizirani bataljon i transportne jedinice. U Iračkom ratu učestvuju sa cijelom regimentom. UAE-ovi inžinjerci odlaze u Libanon 2007. godine gdje čiste minska polja i kazetne bombe. Svoju misiju u Afganistanu počinju 2007. godine.

      The UAE sent forces to assist Kuwait during the 1990-1991 Gulf War where several hundred UAE troops participated in the conflict as part of the GCC Peninsula Shield force that advanced into Kuwait City. The UAE Air Force also carried out strikes against Iraqi forces. UAE dispatched an infantry battalion to the United Nations UNOSOM II force in Somalia in 1993, it sent the 35th Mechanized Infantry Battalion to Kosovo, and sent a regiment to Kuwait during the Iraq War. UAE Military field engineers arrived in Lebanon at September 8, 2007 in Beirut for clearing areas of south Lebanon from mines and cluster bombs. A UAE deployment in Afghanistan started in 2007.