The Slovenian Armed Forces or Slovenian Army (SAF; sl, Slovenska vojska; 'SV'' are the armed forces of

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. Since 2003, it is organized as a fully professional standing army. The Commander-in-Chief of the SAF is the President of the Republic of Slovenia, while operational command is in the domain of the

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Af ...

of the Slovenian Armed Forces.

History

Following the disintegration of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I, the Duchy of Styria was divided between the newly established states of German Austria and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.

Rudolf Maister Rudolf Maister ( pen name: Vojanov; 29 March 1874 – 26 July 1934) was a Slovene military officer, poet and political activist. The soldiers who fought under Maister's command in northern Slovenia became known as "Maister's fighters" ( s ...

, a Slovene major of the former Austro-Hungarian Army, liberated the town of Maribor in November 1918 and claimed it for the

State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs ( sh, Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba / ; sl, Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov) was a political entity that was constituted in October 1918, at the end of World War I, by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs ( ...

. After a short fight with German Austrian provisional units, the current border was established, which mostly followed the ethnic-linguistic division between

Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Slovenci ), are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia, and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary. Slovenes share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovene as their na ...

and ethnic

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in Styria. The current Slovenian Armed Forces are descended from the

Slovenian Territorial Defence The Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia ( sl, Teritorialna obramba Republike Slovenije (TO RS)), also known as the Territorial Defense of Slovenia (Slovenian: ''Teritorialna obramba Slovenije OS'), was the predecessor of the Slovenia ...

(''Teritorialna Obramba Republike Slovenije''; or ''Slovene TO''), formed in 1991 by fusion of Territorial Defence (formed in 1968 as a paramilitary complement to the regular army of the former Yugoslav within the territory of

) with secret alternative command structure, known as the Manoeuvre Structures of National Protection (Manevrska struktura narodne zaščite, or MSNZ), which was an existing but antiquated institution, (unique to Slovenia), intended to enable the republic to form an ad hoc defence structure, akin to a National Guard. It was of negligible importance prior to 1990, with antiquated weapons and few members. When Slovenia declared independence at the onset of the

Yugoslav Wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted from ...

in 1991, the

and the Slovenian police comprised the majority of forces engaging the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska ar ...

during the

Ten-Day War The Ten-Day War ( sl, desetdnevna vojna), or the Slovenian War of Independence (), was a brief armed conflict that followed Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. It was fought between the separatists of the ...

. The Slovenian Armed Forces were formally established in 1993 as a reorganization of the Slovenia Territorial Defence Force.

Current status

After 1993, the Slovenian Armed Forces had relied on mandatory military service, with conscripts receiving 6–7 months of training. In 2003, the Slovenian

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abolished conscription and as of July 2004, the Slovenian Armed Forces had been almost completely reorganised into a professional army now based on volunteers. Currently there are approximately 7,300 active troops and approximately 1,500 in reserve, reduced from 55,000 personnel during conscription. A major reorganization of the Slovenian Armed Forces is currently underway with a goal making them more effective and cheaper. More than half of all commands have been disbanded which has made commanding the subordinated units easier and faster. Soldiers are to be located nearer to their homes in order to minimize travel costs. Since the Slovenian Armed Forces do not have enough modern armored vehicles to maintain three motorized battalions fulfilled at every time, one Wheeled Combat Vehicles Company and one Tank Company have been organized within the Logistics brigade, which now lends vehicles to any of four newly formed infantry regiments, regarding to the regiments' needs. Reorganization also transformed 72nd Brigade from a support unit to a combat unit and thus equaled it with the 1st Brigade. Both brigades were added support elements, such as Air Defense, Artillery, Intelligence, etc. The operational units now consist of Special Operations Unit, Naval Division, an Aviation Regiment and three

brigade A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. B ...

s, the 1st (responsible for western Slovenia), 72nd (responsible for eastern Slovenia) and Logistics Brigade.

NATO membership

As part of the former

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

, Slovenia was never a member of the

Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact (WP) or Treaty of Warsaw, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist repub ...

. Today, the foreign policy priority of

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

membership drives Slovenia's defense reorganization. Once many countries lifted the arms embargo on Slovenia in 1996, the country embarked on a military procurement program to bolster its status as a NATO candidate and to aid its transformation into a mobile force. Active in the SFOR deployment in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

, Slovenia is also a charter member of

Partnership for Peace The Partnership for Peace (PfP; french: Partenariat pour la paix) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) program aimed at creating trust between the member states of NATO and other states mostly in Europe, including post-Soviet state ...

and a regular participant in PfP exercises. The United States provides bilateral military assistance to Slovenia, including through the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program, the

State Partnership Program The State Partnership Program (SPP) is a joint program of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the individual states, territories, and District of Columbia. The program and the concept are entirely new, originating in 1993 as a si ...

(aligned with

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), and the

EUCOM The United States European Command (EUCOM) is one of the eleven Unified Combatant Command, unified combatant commands of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its area of focus covers and 51 countries and territorie ...

Joint Contact Team Program. Slovenia formally joined NATO in March 2004. The transition of its armed forces from a primarily conscript-based territorial defense organization to a professional force structure has the ultimate goal of creating NATO-interoperable combat units able to operate on an even par with units from other NATO armies. Implementation of interoperability objectives as determined by the Planning and Review Process (PARP) and the Individual Partnership Program (IPP) as part of Slovenia's PfP participation proceeds. Slovenia's elite units already train with and are integrated into international units including NATO members—for example as part of

SFOR The Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian war. Although SFOR was led by NATO, several non-NATO countries contributed troops. It ...

and on

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. Its elite mountain troops will be assigned to the Multinational Land Force peacekeeping battalion with

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

, and

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. Slovenia hosted its first PfP exercise in 1998--"Cooperative Adventure Exchange"—a multinational disaster-preparedness command post exercise involving almost 6,000 troops from 19 NATO and PfP member nations. Slovenian soldiers are a part of international forces serving in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

, Chad, and

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

.Slovenia hosts Multinational Centre of Excellence for Mountain Warfare (MN COEMW; sl, Večnacionalni center odličnosti za gorsko bojevanje), one of

Centres of Excellence, located in Bohinjska Bela,

. It is "responsible for training individuals and units for operation in the mountains and other terrains difficult to pass".

Organization

The Slovenian Armed Forces are organized as single-branch armed forces with the

army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

as their primary component. The personnel is divided into three categories: * professional soldiers (full-time soldiers) * contract reserve soldiers (serve up to 30 days per year) * voluntary recruits (

basic training Military recruit training, commonly known as basic training or boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of new military personnel. It is a physically and psychologically intensive process, which resocializes its subjects for the unique dema ...

)

Order of Battle

* General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces, in

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** Military Orchestra ** Protocol Unit ** Joint Operations Center *** Situation Monitoring Section *** Movement Coordination Section *** Operations Management Section *** Support Branch ** Force Command, in

Vrhnika Vrhnika (; german: Oberlaibach;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. la, Nauportus) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Mun ...

*** Forces Command Support Unit, in Vrhnika *** Military Police Unit *** Electronic Warfare Unit *** Communication and Information Systems Unit *** Combined Arms Training Center *** 1st Brigade, in

**** 10th Infantry Regiment, in Ljubljana ***** 4x Infantry Companies ***** Headquarters and Logistic Company **** 132nd (Mountain) Infantry Regiment, in Bohinjska Bela ***** 4x Mountain Infantry Companies ***** Headquarters and Logistic Company ***** Multinational Centre of Excellence for Mountain Warfare **** Territorial Regiment, in

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**** Combat Support Battalion, in Ljubljana ***** Intelligence and Reconnaissance Company ***** Anti-Tank Company, with Spike MR/LR

ATGM An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder ...

s ***** Fire Support Battery, with TN90 155mm towed howitzers and MN9 120mm mortars ***** Light Air Defense Missile Battery, with

Giraffe radar The Saab (formerly Ericsson Microwave Systems AB) Giraffe Radar is a family of land and naval two- or three-dimensional G/H-band (4 to 8 GHz) passive electronically scanned array radar-based surveillance and air defense command and contr ...

and Igla-2 MANPADS ***** Engineer Company ***** Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defense Company ***** Signals Company ***** Military Police Company *** 72nd Brigade, in Maribor **** 20th Infantry Regiment, in Celje ***** 4x Infantry Companies ***** Headquarters and Logistic Company **** 74th Infantry Regiment, in Maribor ***** 4x Infantry Companies ***** Headquarters and Logistic Company **** Territorial Regiment, in

Novo Mesto Novo Mesto (; sl, Novo mesto; also known by other alternative names) is a city on a bend of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The town is traditionally considered ...

**** Combat Support Battalion, in

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...

***** Intelligence and Reconnaissance Company ***** Anti-Tank Company, with Spike MR/LR

s ***** Fire Support Battery, with TN90 155mm towed howitzers and MN9 120mm mortars ***** Light Air Defense Missile Battery, with

and Igla-2 MANPADS ***** Engineer Company ***** Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defense Company ***** Signals Company ***** Military Police Company *** Logistic Brigade, in Kranj **** 157th Logistics Regiment, in Šentvid ***** 1st Vehicle Maintenance Company ***** 2nd Vehicle Maintenance Company ***** 3rd Weapons Maintenance Company ***** 5th Wheeled Combat Vehicles Company ***** 45th Tracked Combat Vehicles Center ***** Infrastructure Maintenance ***** Spare Parts Storage and Distribution Unit **** 670th Logistics Regiment, in Slovenska Bistrica ***** Service Company ***** Supply Company ***** 1st Transport Company ***** 2nd Transport Company ***** Fixed Supply Company ***** Driving School ***** Fuel Distribution ***** Uniforms and Equipment Distribution **** Medical Unit, in Šentvid ***** Medical Logistic Center ***** Medical Center ***** Medical Company West ***** Medical Company East ***** Medical Hospital – Role 2 Military Treatment Facility ***** Veterinary Service ***** Laboratory for Nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological defense *** 15th Wing, at

Cerklje ob Krki Air Base Cerklje ob Krki Airport ( sl, Letališče Cerklje ob Krki) is the only military airport in Slovenia, and a civilian airport. The Cerklje ob Krki Air Base operates at it. The airport is in the midst of an enlargement and restructuring. History ...

**** 16th Airspace Control and Reporting Centre, in

Zgornji Brnik Zgornji Brnik (; in older sources also ''Zgornji Bernik'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 52. german: Oberfernig) is a village in the ...

***** Air Space Surveillance and Control Center, reports to

's Integrated Air Defense System CAOC Torrejón, in Spain ***** 1st Radar Station, in

, with

Ground Master 403 The Ground Master 400 is a mobile radar system manufactured by Thales-Raytheon Systems, then Thales Group. GM400 is a fully digital active electronically scanned array long-range air defense 3D radar, offering detection from very high to very low ...

***** 2nd Radar Station, in Hočko Pohorje, with

***** Mobile Radar Company, in Soteska ***** Logistic Company **** 107th Air Base, at Cerklje ob Krki Air Base ***** Cerklje ob Krki Air Base Support Company **** 151st Helicopter Squadron, at Cerklje ob Krki Air Base ***** Bell 412 Helicopter Section ***** AS532 AL Cougar Helicopter Section ***** Aero-technical Company **** 152nd Aircraft Squadron, at Cerklje ob Krki Air Base ***** 1st PC-9M Hudournik Fighter Planes Section ***** 2nd PC-9M Hudournik Fighter Planes Section ***** Air Transport Section, with PC-6 Porter and Falcon 2000 EX ***** Aero-technical Company **** 153rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, at Cerklje ob Krki Air Base ***** Aeronautical-technical Engineering ***** Aircraft Maintenance Company ***** Helicopter Maintenance Company **** Flight School, at Cerklje ob Krki Air Base ***** 1st Zlín Z-242 Training Planes Section ***** 2nd Zlín Z-242 Training Planes Section ***** Bell 206 Training Helicopter Section ***** Aero-technical Company *** 430th Naval Division, in Ankaran **** Naval Operations Center **** Multirole Vessels Detachment **** Special Underwater Operations Detachment **** Explosive Ordnance Disposal Platoon *** Special Operations Unit, in Kočevska Reka **** Special Operations Company **** Combat Service Support Company **** Special Operations Training Center ** Specialized Unit of the Military Police, in

*** "FIST" Platoon – Specialized Unit for Special Tactics *** EOD Detachment *** Investigations Detachment ** Military Education Center, in Maribor *** Command and Staff School, in Maribor *** Officer School, in Maribor *** Non-Commissioned Officer School, in Maribor *** Foreign Languages School, in

Begunje na Gorenjskem Begunje na Gorenjskem (; german: Vigaun''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146.) is a village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the ...

*** Basic Military Skills Center, in Vipava *** Library, Information and Publishing Center, in

*** E-Learning Section, in Maribor *** Military Museum of the Slovenian Armed Forces, in Maribor ** Slovenian Army Sport Unit

Military bases

Military airports

The Slovenian army currently maintains one military airport Cerklje ob Krki near town of

Brežice Brežice (; german: Rann ) is a town in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. It is the seat of the Municipality of Brežice. It lies in the center of the Brežice Plain ( sl, Brežiško polje), which is part of the ...

. The airport's official name is Cerklje ob Krki Airbase. The others that are partially military are: * Ljubljana Airbase shares the airport with Ljubljana International Airport. One helicopter Bell 412 is stationed there for

mountain rescue Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. This tends to include mountains with tech ...

International cooperation

is part of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

and the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

, and supports the efforts of these organisations in peacekeeping operations and humanitarian activities. The Slovenian Armed Forces have been participating in various missions since 1997, when the first unit was deployed to Albania for a humanitarian operation. Slovenia has continued its efforts in international cooperation by participating in various missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Cyprus, Pakistan and other countries. The total amount of sent personnel through Slovenias contribution to missions is more than 15,000, but some speculations are over 20,000 personnel.

Current operations

Modernisation

Ground force

The Slovenian Armed Forces sent a request for 14 new Pandur EVO armoured vehicles in late 2019. As the SAF already operate 85

Pandur I The Pandur is an APC developed and produced by the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (SSF). It was developed during the 1980s as a private venture. In 2003, General Dynamics took over Steyr-Daimler-Puch which is now part of ...

( Valuk), which is from the same family of vehicles and is the main vehicle of the army and were bought from the same company as the new ones which was Steyr (Austrian) in the past and today

General Dynamics Land Systems General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) is a manufacturer of military vehicles such as tanks and lighter armored fighting vehicles. History In February 1982 Chrysler announced the sale of Chrysler Defense, its profitable defense subsidiary, to ...

(American), the company is offering the vehicles to the army as they know it will have all requirements for the SAF that the old ones lacked which is troop space, protection, modern electronics and RCWS. Unlike the Austrian Pandur EVO, which is only armed with 12.7mm

M2 Browning The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. Its design is similar to Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, ...

HMG, some Slovenian Pandur EVO will be equipped with 40mm Heckler & Koch GMG. The Austrian government is offering a government to government contract with the Slovenian government to make the purchase cheaper. The director of GDELS confirmed there will be no corruption or problems with the purchase as they have done purchases in the past with no problem, as the SAF is an important customer to them. The 14 vehicles will fulfil 1 company of troops and the cost is estimated around 40 million Euros. The purchase is currently on standby as they are waiting for the decision of the new government for the purchase. Delivery to take place between 2020 and 2021. Since the new defence minister wanted and still wants to finish the purchase of

Boxer (armoured fighting vehicle) The Boxer is a multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed by an international consortium to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. The governments participating in the Boxer programme have changed as th ...

and the new general also being interested in it, if they solve the pricing problems it is possible that they will buy 56 Boxer vehicles instead of 14 Pandur EVO. Alongside the 14 Pandur EVO armoured vehicles, they will be joined by 38

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is a United States military (specifically U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps) and United States Special Operations Command program to partially replace the Humvee fleet with a family of more survivable vehicl ...

which the delivery date was said to be in 2021-2023 but has changed as productions etc. is going better than expected and therefor already being 12 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles in the army in 2020 which are intended to replace the

Humvee The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General. It has largely supplanted the roles previously performed by the ...

. The cost for the purchase was 46,5 million Euros. They will be armed with 12.7mm

HMG and some with 40mm Heckler & Koch GMG, 1 company being an anti-tank company equipped with

Spike (ATGM) Spike (Hebrew: ספייק) is an Israeli fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. , it is in its fourth generation. It was developed and designed by the Isr ...

LR/MR missiles. The ministry of defence of RS said in 2020 that the artillery will be equipped with self propelled howitzers which will increase its firepower, speed and efficiency. The German

Panzerhaubitze 2000 The Panzerhaubitze 2000 ("tank howitzer 2000"), () abbreviated PzH 2000, is a German 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall in the 1980s and 1990s for the German Army. It is capable of a very h ...

is a high contender in this purchase which will be done after the purchase of the Pandur EVO armoured vehicles in 2022–2023. As Slovenian ground force already has 11

Roland (missile) The Roland is a Franco-German mobile short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. The Roland was also purchased by the U.S. Army as one of very few foreign SAM systems. Development Roland was designed to a joint French and German requirem ...

II short range air defences, the ministry of defence of RS said that they will make a purchase of an short to medium range air defence system with integrated radar which reduce the need for trucks to tow a radar for the air defence system. Purchase will be done in around 2024. In May 2022, Slovenia signed a contract for the delivery of 45

in four different variants,with the contract being worth €281.5 Million and delivery of the vehicles expected to begin from 2024 until 2026.

Air

The Ministry of Defence stated that it will retire some aircraft to lower maintenance costs, while purchasing large transport aircraft. The purchase was completed in 2007 between the Italian Alenia C-27J Spartan and Spanish EADS CASA C-295. Both were tested in

Cerklje ob Krki Airport Cerklje ob Krki Airport ( sl, Letališče Cerklje ob Krki) is the only military airport in Slovenia, and a civilian airport. The Cerklje ob Krki Air Base operates at it. The airport is in the midst of an enlargement and restructuring. History ...

military airport by the Slovenian pilots and the decision was made to buy the Spanish C-295, but one crashed and the purchase was cancelled. Slovenian airspace is secured by NATO wit
NATO AIR POLICING
For NATO nations that do not have the necessary air capabilities (Albania, Estonia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovenia), agreements exist to ensure airspace security within SACEUR's area of responsibility. NATO Air Policing is a peacetime collective defence mission, which is at the very heart of NATO's founding treaty. It ensures the integrity of Allies' airspace and protects Alliance nations by maintaining continuous a 24/7 Air Policing within Supreme Allied Commander Europe's (SACEUR's) area of responsibility. Aircraft: * Pilatus PC-9M »Hudournik« *

Pilatus PC-9 The Pilatus PC-9 is a single-engine, low-wing tandem-seat turboprop training aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. Designed as a more powerful evolution of the Pilatus PC-7, the PC-9's first flight was made in May 1984 after ...

* Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter * Turbolet L-410 * Zlin Z-143 * Zlin Z-242 * Bell 206 * Bell 412 *

Eurocopter AS532 Cougar The Eurocopter AS532 Cougar (now Airbus Helicopters H215M) is a twin-engine, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter developed by France. The AS532 is a development and upgrade of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma in its militarized form. Its civil ...

Navy

The navy will receive 2 underwater vessels 1 being remote controlled and 1 man operated.
Ships:

NH90 The NHIndustries NH90 is a medium-sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter. It was developed in response to NATO requirements for a battlefield helicopter which would also be capable of being operated in naval environments. The NH90 ...

helicopters may possibly be delivered * Patrol ship Triglav * Patrol boat Ankaran

Equipment purchase

Gallery

Image:Slovenian Army Truck.jpg, Slovenian

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Army Truck File:Valuk and T-55.jpg, Slovenian Armoured Vehicles Image:Slohmmwv.jpg, Slovene Army Humvee on patrol in Kosovo Image:Slokfor.jpg, Slovenian Convoy in Kosovo KFOR Mission Image:AS AL 532 SLO.jpg, AS AL 532 Cougar of the Slovenian Air Force Image:Ladji Ankaran in Triglav.jpg, 10412 class patrol boat ''Triglav'' with Super Dvora Mk II-class patrol boat ''Ankaran''

References

External links

NATO Air Policing in Slovenian Air space and Slovenian air capabilities

Official page

Slovenian Ministry of Defence official site

Slovenian Armed Forces/Slovenska vojska
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