Editing Mongolian Armed Forces (section)

==Organization==

=== Higher leadership ===
The military order of precedence is as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.csc.gov.mn/branch/29/43 |title=Төрийн албаны зөвлөл - Зэвсэгт хүчний жанжин штабын дэргэдэх салбар зөвлөл |access-date=18 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223050726/http://www.csc.gov.mn/branch/29/43 |archive-date=23 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*[[President of Mongolia]] ([[Commander-in-Chief]])
*[[Minister of Defense]]
*Deputy [[Minister of Defense|Ministers of Defense]]
*[[Chief of General Staff (Mongolia)|Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces]]
*Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
*Service branch commanders

===Branches===
====Ground Force====
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|caption2=Mongolian soldiers march past an international delegation during the closing ceremony for Khaan Quest 2013 at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, August 2013.}}
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The Ground Forces possess over 470 [[tank]]s, 650 [[Infantry Fighting Vehicles]] and [[armored personnel carriers]], 500 mobile [[anti-aircraft weapon]]s, more than 700 [[artillery]] and [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] and other military equipment. Most of them are old [[Soviet Union]] models designed between the late 1950s to early 1980s. There are a smaller number of newer models designed in post-Soviet [[Russia]].

====Air Force====
{{main|Mongolian Air Force}}

On 25 May 1925 a [[Junkers F.13]] entered service as the first aircraft in Mongolian civil and military aviation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scramble.nl/mn.htm |title=Mongolian Air Force |author=Scramble.nl |year=2001 |access-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207141726/http://www.scramble.nl/mn.htm |archive-date=7 February 2012 }}</ref> By 1935 Soviet aircraft were based in the country. In May 1937 the air force was renamed the [[Mongolian People's Army|Mongolian People's Republic Air Corps]]. During 1939–1945 the Soviets delivered [[Polikarpov I-15]]s, [[Polikarpov I-16]]s, [[Yak-9]]s and [[Ilyushin Il-2]]s. By 1966 the first [[SA-2]] SAM units entered service, and the air force was renamed the Air Force of the Mongolian People's Republic. The [[MiG-15]], UTI and [[MiG-17]] the first combat jet aircraft in the Mongolian inventory, entered service in 1970 and by the mid-1970s was joined by [[MiG-21]]s, [[Mil Mi-8|Mi-8]]s and [[Ka-26]]s.

After the end of the Cold War and the advent of the Democratic Revolution, the air force was effectively grounded due to a lack of fuel and spare parts. However, the government has been trying to revive the air force since 2001. The country has the goal of developing a full air force in the future.<ref name="gsmaf111107" />

In 2011, the Ministry of Defense announced that they would buy [[MiG-29]]s from Russia by the end of the year, but this did not materialize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politics.news.mn/content/74388.shtml |title=Монголын нисэх хүчин МиГ-29 сөнөөгчөөр зэвсэглэнэ |author=news.mn |date=15 July 2011 |access-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134752/http://politics.news.mn/content/74388.shtml |archive-date=17 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name="news.mn">{{Cite web|url=https://news.mn/en/789888/|title=Putin's present: Mongolia gets MiG fighters - News.MN|date=28 November 2019|website=News.MN}}</ref> In October 2012 the Ministry of Defense returned a loaned [[Airbus A310-300]] to [[MIAT Mongolian Airlines]].<ref name="mod.gov - АЭРОБУС ОНГОЦЫГ БУЦААЖ ӨГНӨ">[http://www.mod.gov.mn/index.php?com=news&id=107 mod.gov – АЭРОБУС ОНГОЦЫГ БУЦААЖ ӨГНӨ]. mod.gov.mn. Retrieved on 8 April 2013. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230817/http://www.mod.gov.mn/index.php?com=news&id=107 |date=4 October 2013 }}</ref> From 2007 to 2011 the active fleet of [[MiG-21]]s was reduced.<ref>[https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-12/world/38474183_1_ulan-bator-mongolian-officials-mongolia-s] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420020650/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-12/world/38474183_1_ulan-bator-mongolian-officials-mongolia-s|date=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="mongolnews.mn">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mongolnews.mn/i/21470 |title=MongolNews.mn - "МИГ-21"-ИЙГ ЗАДАЛЖ ЗАРАХ ТУШААЛЫГ ЗХЖШ-ын эрх бүхий албан тушаалтан өгчээ |access-date=13 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820102905/http://www.mongolnews.mn/i/21470 |archive-date=20 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.shuud.mn/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D1%86%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BD-%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B4-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%B3/ shuud.mn : Монголын цэргийнхэн Хойд Солонгосыг “зэвсэглэсэн үү”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410070626/http://www.shuud.mn/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D1%86%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BD-%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B4-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%B3/|date=10 April 2013}}. shuud.mn. Retrieved on 16 April 2013.</ref> In 2013 the Air Force examined the possibility of buying three [[C-130J]] transport airplanes, manufactured by Lockheed Martin.<ref name="eurasianet - Mongolia Planning To Buy U.S. Military Airplanes">[http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66752 eurasianet - Mongolia Planning To Buy U.S. Military Airplanes]. eurasianet.org. Retrieved on 8 April 2013.</ref> Left without Russian aid, the Mongolian air force inventory gradually reduced to a few Antonov An-24/26 tactical airlifters and a dozen airworthy Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters.<ref name="news.mn"/>

On 26 November 2019 Russia donated two [[MiG-29]] fighter aircraft to Mongolia, which then became the only combat-capable fighter jets in its air force.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/article/92899/russia-donates-two-mig-29ub-fighter-aircraft-to-mongolia|title = Janes &#124; Latest defence and security news}}</ref><ref name="news.mn"/>

==== Construction and Engineering Forces ====
{{Main|Construction and Engineering Forces}}
Since 1963, large-scale construction work has been a military affair, with the Council of Ministers on 8 January 1964 establishing the General Construction Military Agency under the Ministry of Defense. In addition, a large number of construction military units have been established. The work create a new construction and engineering army began in 2010. The Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces have established six civil engineering units over the last 10 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Н.Энхболд: Зэвсэгт хүчинд кибер аюулгүй байдлын тусгай хүчний цэрэг нэмэгдлээ|url=http://dnn.mn/post/89185/|access-date=26 May 2021|website=Өдрийн сонин}}</ref>

==== Cyber Security Forces ====
The Armed Forces Cyber Security Center has been established under the General Staff of the Armed Forces. A project to upgrade the Armed Forces' information and communication network, conduct integrated monitoring, detect cyber attacks, and install response equipment is expected to be completed in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 January 2021|title=NATO helps to strengthen Mongolia's cyber defence capacity|url=https://namib.online/en/2021/01/nato-helps-to-strengthen-mongolia-s-cyber-defence-capacity-2/|access-date=13 June 2021|website=НАМИБ|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=NATO|title=NATO helps to strengthen Mongolia's cyber defence capacity|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_180697.htm|access-date=13 June 2021|website=NATO|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nato completes project to enhance Mongolia's cyber defence capability|url=https://www.army-technology.com/news/nato-completes-project-to-enhance-mongolias-cyber-defence-capability/|access-date=13 June 2021|website=www.army-technology.com|date=19 January 2021 }}</ref> A decision has been made to build a Data Center for the Armed Forces' Cyber Security Center. This will be the basis for the creation of a Cyber Security Force.<ref name=":0" />

==== Special Forces ====
The only Special Forces unit ({{Langx|mn|Тусгай хүчин}}) in Mongolia is the [[084th Special Task Battalion]].

==== Navy ====
Mongolia has no navy due to its landlocked status. In the 13th century, the Mongolian Navy became one of the largest in the world under [[Kublai Khan]],<ref name="Neat">{{cite web |last1=Farrier |first1=John |date=5 July 2010 |title=Landlocked Navies of the World |url=http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/05/landlocked-navies-of-the-world/ |access-date=14 April 2018 |website=Neatorama}}</ref> though most of this fleet sank during the [[Mongol invasions of Japan]].<ref name="AVClub">{{cite news |title=Being landlocked hasn't stopped these countries from having a navy |url=https://www.avclub.com/being-landlocked-hasn-t-stopped-these-countries-from-ha-1823603028 |access-date=9 April 2018 |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> Since then, there was no navy in Mongolia, and currently only a small number of motorboats are used by [[General Authority for Border Protection|border guards]] on [[Buir Lake]], for patrolling the border between Mongolia and China in the lake.<ref>{{Cite web |last=bpo.gov.mn |title=БУЙР НУУРЫН УСАН ХИЛ ХАМГААЛАЛТЫН НЭЭЛТ БОЛЛОО |url=http://bpo.gov.mn/content/171? |access-date=16 January 2021 |website=bpo.gov.mn}}</ref> 

There is a misconception that the tugboat ''Sukhbaatar'' (a Project 758B built 1983 by Kama Shipbuilding in [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], Russia) <ref>{{cite web |title=Sukhbaatar |url=https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2937512}}</ref> and its crew, which was used for cargo transportation in [[Khövsgöl Nuur|Lake Khövsgöl]], are the Mongolian navy.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-08-23 |title=70 years of waterway transport and 112 years of sailing on the Khuvsgul Sea have been celebrated. |url=https://www.montsame.mn/mn/read/302531 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=montsame.mn Mongolian National News Agency |language=mn}}</ref>