Chilean Armed Forces

Chilean Armed Forces
Fuerzas Armadas de Chile
Founded1810
Service branches Chilean Army
 Chilean Navy
 Chilean Air Force
HeadquartersSantiago
Leadership
Commander-in-chief Gabriel Boric
Minister of Defense Maya Fernández Allende
Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff José Nogueira León
Personnel
Military age18
Active personnel80,000[1]
Reserve personnel40,000[1]
Expenditure
BudgetUS$5.58 billion (2022)[2]
Percent of GDP1.9% (2021)[3]
Industry
Domestic suppliersFAMAE
ENAER
ASMAR
DTS
SISDEF
DESA
LINKTRONIC
Detroit Chile
Foreign suppliers Australia
 Brazil
 Canada
 Czech Republic
 France
 Germany
 Israel
 Italy
 Poland
 Sweden
 Taiwan
 United Kingdom
 United States
Related articles
RanksMilitary ranks and insignia of Chile

The Chilean Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Chile) is the unified military organization comprising the Chilean Army, Air Force, and Navy. The President of Chile is the commander-in-chief of the military, and formulates policy through the Minister of Defence. In recent years and after several major reequipment programs, the Chilean Armed Forces have become one of the most technologically advanced and professional armed forces in Latin America.[4] The Chilean Army is mostly supplied with equipment from Germany, the United States, Brazil, Israel, France, and Spain.

  1. ^ a b IISS 2019, p. 404.
  2. ^ Global Firepower. "2022 Chile Military Strength".
  3. ^ "Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product, 1988-2020" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ^ Bawden, John R (2016). 'The Pinochet Generation: The Chilean Military in the Twentieth Century'. University of Alabama. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-8173-1928-1.