Ethiopian National Defense Force | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-23

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00:01:53 1 History of the Army
00:03:13 1.1 Battle of Adwa
00:04:58 1.2 Boundary confrontation against the British colonialists 1896&#8211;1899
00:07:17 1.3 Under Haile Selassie I
00:09:15 1.4 Korean War
00:14:11 2 Seizure of power by the Derg 1974 and aftermath
00:19:00 2.1 1991 Order of Battle
00:20:41 2.2 From 1991
00:21:59 2.2.1 The Ethiopia-Eritrea war
00:23:39 2.2.2 Somalia
00:25:17 3 Peacekeeping
00:26:57 4 Ground forces
00:28:55 4.1 Modern ground forces equipment
00:29:04 4.2 Infantry weapons
00:29:13 4.3 Tanks and armored fighting vehicles
00:30:06 4.4 Artillery
00:30:15 4.5 Air defense &amp; Anti-tank weapons
00:30:31 4.6 Logistics and support vehicles
00:30:41 5 See also
00:31:03 6 Notes
00:31:25 7 References and further reading
00:32:28 8 External links



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The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) is the military of Ethiopia. Civil direction of the military is carried out through the Ministry of Defense, which oversees the ground forces, air force, as well as the Defense Industry Sector. The current defense minister is Motuma Mekassa.The size of the ENDF has fluctuated significantly since the end of the Ethiopia-Eritrea war in 2000. In 2002 the Ethiopian Defense Forces had a strength of approximately 400,000 troops. This was roughly the same number maintained during the Derg regime that fell to the rebel forces in 1991. However, that number was later reduced, and in January 2007, during the War in Somalia, Ethiopian forces were said to comprise about 300,000 troops. In 2012, the IISS estimated that the ground forces had 135,000 personnel and the air force 3,000.As of 2012, the ENDF consists of two separate branches: the Ground Forces and the Ethiopian Air Force. Ethiopia has several defense industrial organisations that produce and overhaul different weapons systems. Most of these were built under the Derg regime which planned a large military industrial complex. The ENDF relies on voluntary military service of people above 18 years of age. Although there is no compulsory military service, armed forces may conduct call-ups when necessary and compliance is compulsory.Being a landlocked country, Ethiopia today has no navy. Ethiopia reacquired a coastline on the Red Sea in 1950 and created the Ethiopian Navy in 1955. Eritrea's independence in 1991 left Ethiopia landlocked again, but the Ethiopian Navy continued to operate from foreign ports until it finally was disbanded in 1996.