Editing Somaliland (section)

=== Military ===
{{Main|Somaliland Armed Forces}}
[[File:Commemoration of the 27th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Somaliland National Army.jpg|thumb|left|Commemoration (on 2 February 2021) of the 27th anniversary of the establishment of the [[Somaliland National Army]]]]
The [[Somaliland Armed Forces]] are the main military command in Somaliland. Along with the [[Somaliland Police]] and all other internal security forces, they are overseen by Somaliland's [[Ministry of Defence (Somaliland)|Ministry of Defence]]. The current head of Somaliland's Armed Forces is the Minister of Defence, [[Abdiqani Mohamoud Aateye]].<ref name="Z6CbY">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiodalsan.com/en/2019/03/31/somaliland-president-makes-major-cabinet-changes/|title=Somaliland President Makes Major Cabinet Changes|website=Radio Dalsan|date=31 March 2020|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808182609/https://www.radiodalsan.com/en/2019/03/31/somaliland-president-makes-major-cabinet-changes/}}</ref> Following the declaration of independence, various pre-existing militia affiliated with different clans were absorbed into a centralised military structure. The resultant large military takes up around half of the country's budget, but the action served to help prevent inter-clan violence.<ref name="Mesfin" />{{rp|2–3}}

The Somaliland Army consists of twelve divisions equipped primarily with light weaponry, though it is equipped with some [[howitzer]]s and mobile [[rocket launcher]]s. Its armoured vehicles and tanks are mostly of Soviet design, though there are some ageing Western vehicles and tanks in its arsenal. The Somaliland Navy (often referred to as a Coast Guard by the [[Associated Press]]), despite a crippling lack of equipment and formal training, has apparently had some success at curbing both piracy and [[illegal fishing]] within Somaliland waters.<ref name="06jX7">{{cite web| last =Houreld| first = Katharine| title = Somaliland coast guard tries to prevent piracy| work = Navy Times| publisher = Gannett Government Media Corporation| date = 4 April 2011| url = http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/04/ap-piracy-somaliland-coast-guard-040411/ | access-date = 27 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="DsayD">{{cite web | last = Hussein | first = Abdi | title = Somaliland's Military is a Shadow of the Past | work = Somalia Report | date = 13 August 2011 | url = http://somaliareport.com/index.php/post/1299/Somalilands_Military_Is_A_Shadow_of_the_Past_ | access-date = 27 January 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130120162017/http://somaliareport.com/index.php/post/1299/Somalilands_Military_is_a_Shadow_of_the_Past_ | archive-date = 20 January 2013 | df = dmy-all}}</ref>