Spanish Armed Forces
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military armed forces of the Kingdom of Spain
Key facts
- Founded
- 20 January 1479, (547 years, 135 days)
- Service branches
- Army Spanish Legion Navy Marine Infantry Air and Space Force Royal Guard Military Emergencies Unit Common Corps
- Headquarters
- Madrid , Spain
- Monarch
- Felipe VI
- Prime minister
- Pedro Sánchez
- Minister of defence
- Margarita Robles
- Chief of the defence staff
- Admiral General , Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
- Conscription
- No
- Active personnel
- 436,000 (2026)
- Reserve personnel
- 250,000 (2026)
- Budget
- €33.123 billion (2025)
- Percent of gdp
- 2% (2025)
- Domestic suppliers
- Airbus , Santa Bárbara , Navantia , Indra , Gamesa , Abengoa , Instalaza , UROVESA
- Foreign suppliers
- France , Germany , United States , Switzerland , Canada
- Annual imports
- US$112 million (2014–2022)
- Annual exports
- US$752 million (2014–2022)
- History
- Military history of Spain , Warfare directory of Spain , Wars involving Spain , Battles involving Spain
- Ranks
- Military ranks of Spain
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Spanish Armed Forces are in charge of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of the Kingdom of Spain, defending its territorial integrity and the constitutional order, according to the functions entrusted to them by the Constitution of 1978. They are composed of: the Army, the Air and Space Force, the Navy, the Royal Guard, and the Military Emergencies Unit, as well as the so-called Common Corps.
Spain occupies a prominent position in the structure of NATO, which it joined in 1982. Nevertheless, it spends less than the minimum of 2% of GDP on defence recommended by NATO.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spanish Armed Forces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.