Editing Algerian People's National Army (section)

== Composition ==
[[File:Algerian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MK.jpg|thumb|An Algerian [[Sukhoi Su-30]] fighter]]
[[File:Patmot 104e rmo.png|thumb|Algerian soldiers mounted on some [[Humvees]]s]]
[[File:BDSL-474.png|thumb|[[Amphibious assault ship]] of type [[Landing platform dock|LPD]] [[Algerian amphibious transport dock Kalaat Béni Abbès|''Kalaat Béni Abbès'']], flagship of the Algerian fleet]]

The army is under the control of the [[President of Algeria|president]], who also is the minister of National Defence. The U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]] estimated that military expenditures accounted for some 6% of GDP in 2019.<ref name="CIA" />

Before 1984, the armed forces had relied on the secretary general of the Ministry of National Defence to coordinate staff activities.<ref>Metz, 1994, 257, 259.</ref> That year, [[Chadli Bendjedid]] announced the establishment of an ANP general staff. The general staff had responsibility for operational planning for the integrated armed forces, budgeting, information and communications, logistics and administrative support, mobilization, and recruiting. It was not, however, part of the regular chain of command. In practice, the armed forces chief of staff dealt directly with the chiefs of the service branches and with the commanders of the six [[People's National Army (Algeria)#Military regions|military regions]]. Along with the minister of defence (Nezzar in 1993), [[Helen Chapin Metz]] wrote in 1993 that the senior hierarchy of the armed forces included the [[Chief of Staff of the People's National Army]], [[Abdelmalek Guenaizia|Abdelmalek Guénaizia]]; the commander of the National Gendarmerie, Abbas Ghezaiel; the chief of the DRS, [[Mohamed Médiène]]; and the inspector general of the land forces, [[Tayeb Derradji]].

In October 2013 ''[[Jeune Afrique]]'' predicted the recreation of an inspectorate of the armed forces, possibly to be headed by General [[Ben Ali Ben Ali]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/135929/politique/alg-rie-coup-de-sirocco-l-tat-major/|title=Algérie : coup de sirocco à l'état-major – Jeune Afrique|date=11 October 2013}}</ref>

The armed forces comprise:
* '''[[Algerian Land Forces]]''' (270,000 in 2012), operating [[T-90]]S tanks, and other vehicles, as well as [[9K720 Iskander|Iskander-E]] ballistic missiles, [[BMPT Terminator]] and BMPT-62. Their standard-issue rifle is [[Type 56 assault rifle|a Chinese variant of the AK-47/AKM]].
* '''[[Algerian National Navy]]''' (MRA) (est. 30,000 in 2012), operating [[MEKO 200|MEKO A200]] frigates, [[Kilo-class submarine]]s, heavy [[C28A-class corvette|C-28A stealth corvettes]] and other vessels.
* '''[[Algerian Air Force]]''' (AAF) (14,000 in 2012, this figure included AD numbers), operating [[Su-30]]MKAs, [[MiG-25]], [[MiG-29]] and other aircraft.
* '''[[Territorial Air Defence Forces]]''' (''Defense aerienne du territoire'') (8,000 in 2012) (3 brigades, 3 regiments with SA-2/3/6/20, 725 AA guns) 8 system [[S-300 (missile)]], 4 system [[S-400 (missile)]], 24 batteries [[Tor missile system|tor M2]], 108 [[Pantsir-S1|Pantsir-S1/SM]] and 48 [[Buk missile system|Buk M2]]. 40 SA-6 were reported in service in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://servimg.com/view/19825869/7|title=1so39113.jpg - Click to see more photos on ServImg|work=Servimg|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.menadefense.net/2015/07/14/algeria-have-begun-deploying-s-400-sam-systems/|title=Algeria might have begun deploying S 400 SAM systems - MENADEFENSE|date=14 July 2015|work=MENADEFENSE|access-date=21 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=909|title=SA-21 (Growler) / S-400 Triumf|access-date=21 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

The army was in the process of being reorganized into four divisions in 1993, and also has numerous independent brigades and battalions. There are seven military regions, the seventh being added in 2013. The 6th Military Region was created in 1975 to cover the south, and the 7th Military Region in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lematindz.net/news/6233-lalgerie-est-elle-en-situation-de-guerre.html |title=L'Algérie est-elle en situation de guerre? |language=fr |website=lematindz.net |date=15 November 2011 |access-date=5 January 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116190809/http://www.lematindz.net:80/news/6233-lalgerie-est-elle-en-situation-de-guerre.html |archive-date=16 November 2011 }} and {{cite web |url=http://www.lexpressiondz.com/actualite/177692-l-algerie-prevoit-une-7e-region-militaire.html |url-status=dead |title=L'Algérie prévoit une 7e Région militaire |language=fr |last=Ghioua |first=Ikram |website=lexpressiondz.com |date=17 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004324/http://www.lexpressiondz.com/actualite/177692-l-algerie-prevoit-une-7e-region-militaire.html |archive-date=29 January 2018}}</ref> Regular military forces are composed of [[conscription|conscripts]]; all Algerian men are required to do a year of military service.

Military intelligence, recognized to have played a major political role, was long called ''Sécurité militaire'' (Military Security, SM) but reorganized in the late 1980s and early 1990s into ''[[Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité]]'' (Department of Intelligence and Security, DRS). The DRS and its counter-espionage branch, DCE, was a leading role in the fight against the Islamist insurgency of the 1990s through a number of its own [[:Category:Special forces of Algeria|special forces units]], as well as by establishing joint task force commands which assumed control over specialized military and police units.

Since 2016 the DRS has been dissolved and the new Algerian intelligence service is the "Direction des services de sécurités" (DSS).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.algerie-focus.com/2016/01/134474/|title=Services secrets/ La DSS, une naissance et des interrogations :Algerie Focus France|last=rédaction|first=La|date=25 January 2016|website=Algerie Focus|language=fr-FR|access-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115233446/https://www.algerie-focus.com/2016/01/134474/|archive-date=15 January 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Military forces are supplemented by a 150,000-member National Gendarmerie ([[Gendarmerie Nationale (Algeria)|Gendarmerie Nationale]]), a paramilitary body, which is used mainly as a police force in rural areas. The 200,000-member ''[[Sûreté Nationale (Algeria)|Sûreté nationale]]'' or metropolitan [[police]] force is under the Ministry of the Interior.

Algeria is one of four Saharan states which will create a Joint Military Staff Committee, to be based at [[Tamanrasset]] in southern Algeria. Algeria, Mauritania, Niger, and Mali will take part.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8633851.stm |title=Saharan states to open joint military headquarters |date=21 April 2010 |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 April 2010}}</ref> Mortimer wrote that '..In March 2010, the Centre d'Etat-Major commun Opérationel Conjoint (CEMOC) was established'.<ref>Robert A. Mortimer (2015) Algerian foreign policy: from revolution to national interest, The Journal of North African Studies, Vol. 20, No.3, 478, {{doi|10.1080/13629387.2014.990961}}</ref> A later report said the committee had a secretariat with four staff sections: operations, intelligence, logistics, and communications.<ref>[http://www.lesahel.org/index.php/societe/item/4622-2%C3%A8me-session-ordinaire-du-conseil-des-chefs-detat-major-du-comit%C3%A9-d%C3%A9tat-major-op%C3%A9rationnel-conjoint-cemoc--les-strat%C3%A9gies-de-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme-dans-la-zone-sah%C3%A9lo-saharienne-au-centre-des-d%C3%A9bats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615112954/http://www.lesahel.org/index.php/societe/item/4622-2%C3%A8me-session-ordinaire-du-conseil-des-chefs-detat-major-du-comit%C3%A9-d%C3%A9tat-major-op%C3%A9rationnel-conjoint-cemoc--les-strat%C3%A9gies-de-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme-dans-la-zone-sah%C3%A9lo-saharienne-au-centre-des-d%C3%A9bats|date=15 June 2015}}. See also {{cite web |title=Au cœur du Cemoc à Tamanrasset |url=http://www.liberte-algerie.com/reportage/au-coeur-du-cemoc-a-tamanrasset-96574/print/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614022955/http://www.liberte-algerie.com/reportage/au-coeur-du-cemoc-a-tamanrasset-96574/print/1 |archive-date=14 June 2015 |access-date=5 January 2022 |work=liberte-algerie.com |language=fr}}</ref>