HZB

Personnel & posture

GDP (est.)

$12B

Order of battle

• Rocket forces

  • Fateh-110 / Kheibar-1150 – 300

    Precision ballistic

  • Katyusha / heavy salvo1,000 – 4,000

    Saturation rockets

• Coastal defense

  • Yakhont (P-800) ASCM8 – 16

    Supersonic anti-ship

  • Qader / Noor ASCM20 – 40

    Iranian-derived coastal

• Ground forces

  • Radwan assault infantry5,000 – 8,000

    Southern Lebanon

  • Regular fighters20,000 – 50,000

    Total mobilizable

• Air defense

  • MANPADS & AAA200 – 400

    Low-altitude denial

• UAV

  • Ababil / Mohajer variants50 – 150

    ISR and attack

• Iran

  • IRGC-QF advisors & resupply500 – 2,000

    Training and weapons

• Syria corridor

  • Qusayr–Beqaa resupply0

    Land bridge from Iran

Bases & infrastructure (26)

• Hezbollah Ministry of Defense

  hub

  National command and crisis coordination

  command

• Hezbollah Army Headquarters

  military base

  Ground forces command and mobilization center

  army

• Hezbollah Primary Air Base

  airport

  Combat aviation and airlift hub

  air

• Hezbollah Naval Base

  port

  Fleet homeport and coastal defense

  naval

• Hezbollah Main Seaport

  port

  Strategic maritime trade and logistics gateway

  trade

• Hezbollah Defense Industrial Complex

  factory

  Ammunition, vehicles, and sustainment production

  manufacturing

• Hezbollah Munitions plant

  factory

  Artillery shells, small arms, explosives

  ammunition

• Hezbollah Oil & gas refinery

  factory

  Fuel processing and petrochemicals

  energy

• Hezbollah Integrated Air Defense Site

  military base

  Long-range SAM coverage for capital region

  air_defense

• Hezbollah Early Warning Radar

  military base

  Air and missile tracking

  air_defense

• Hezbollah Combined Arms Training Area

  military base

  Brigade-level exercises and mobilization

  training

• Hezbollah Border Defense Outpost

  military base

  Frontier surveillance and rapid response

  army

• Hezbollah Cyber Command Center

  hub

  Offensive/defensive cyber operations

  cyber

• Hezbollah Forward Corps HQ

  military base

  Theater-level ground command

  army

• Hezbollah Secondary Airfield

  airport

  Dispersal, training, and surge capacity

  air

• Imad underground network (Beqaa)

  military base

  Tunnel-launched Fateh-110 / Kheibar-1.

  missiles

• Litani Ridge bunkers

  military base

  240 mm rail-mounted rocket launchers.

  missiles

• Radwan assault forts

  military base

  Southern Lebanon attack tunnels.

  army

• Ouzai coastal ASCM node

  military base

  Yakhont P-800 anti-ship batteries.

  naval

• Dahieh underground command

  hub

  Southern Beirut tunnel command grid.

  command

• Damascus advisory cell

  hub

  IRGC-QF partnered operations.

  command

• Rayak Air Base sector

  airport

  Beqaa air access — contested.

  air

• Tripoli northern smuggling

  port

  Syria coast resupply.

  trade

• UNIFIL Blue Line sector

  military base

  Israel–Lebanon frontier.

  army

• Beqaa Valley missile depot

  military base

  Fateh-110 tunnel launchers.

  missiles

• Radwan Force forts

  military base

  Southern Lebanon assault tunnels.

  army

Deployable units (17)

• 1st Mechanized Brigade (Hezbollah)armor
• 3rd Infantry Division HQarmy
• 7th Artillery Regimentarmy
• Air Defense Battalion (capital)sam
• Special Operations Task Grouparmy
• Coastal Defense Regimentnavy
• Tactical UAV Squadrondrone
• Logistics Support Brigadefacility · Supply and transport hub
• Armored Cavalry Squadronarmor
• Combat Aviation Wing (detachment)air
• Rocket & missile regimentfacility · Fateh-110 precision strikes
• Radwan Force assault battalionarmy · Cross-border incursion
• Coastal defense battalionnavy · Yakhont anti-ship
• UAV recon & attack celldrone · Iran-supplied drones
• Litani tunnel rocket batteryfacility · Pop-up salvo then hide
• Syria resupply convoylogistics · Qusayr corridor logistics
• Special forces recon unitarmy · Dahieh elite cells

Theater glossary

Hezbollah

Lebanese Shia militia — Iran-backed, major regional non-state actor.

Radwan Force

Elite unit for cross-border assault into Israel.

Imad network

Beqaa tunnel system — missile assembly in mountains.

Yakhont

Russian P-800 supersonic anti-ship missile.

Qusayr corridor

Syria–Lebanon smuggling route for heavy weapons.

Blue Line

UN demarcation — Hezbollah fortifications south of Litani.

Chokepoint

Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.

Rare earth

Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.

SPR

Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.

TSMC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.

Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.

Malacca

Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Suwałki corridor

Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.

Cobalt belt

DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.

Lithium triangle

Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.

Grain corridor

Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.

Red Sea corridor

Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.

Taiwan Strait lane

Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.

Black Sea grain lane

Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.

Horn access lane

Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.