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Sri Lanka

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27 platform lines · 22 mapped sites · 10 deployable units

Personnel & posture

Active personnel
255k
Mobilization window
~14 days to full field army
GDP (est.)
$74B

Order of battle

Bases & infrastructure (22)

  • Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense

    hub

    National command and crisis coordination

    command

  • Sri Lanka Army Headquarters

    military base

    Ground forces command and mobilization center

    army

  • Sri Lanka Primary Air Base

    airport

    Combat aviation and airlift hub

    air

  • Sri Lanka Naval Base

    port

    Fleet homeport and coastal defense

    naval

  • Sri Lanka Main Seaport

    port

    Strategic maritime trade and logistics gateway

    trade

  • Sri Lanka Defense Industrial Complex

    factory

    Ammunition, vehicles, and sustainment production

    manufacturing

  • Sri Lanka Munitions plant

    factory

    Artillery shells, small arms, explosives

    ammunition

  • Sri Lanka Oil & gas refinery

    factory

    Fuel processing and petrochemicals

    energy

  • Sri Lanka Integrated Air Defense Site

    military base

    Long-range SAM coverage for capital region

    air_defense

  • Sri Lanka Early Warning Radar

    military base

    Air and missile tracking

    air_defense

  • Sri Lanka Combined Arms Training Area

    military base

    Brigade-level exercises and mobilization

    training

  • Sri Lanka Border Defense Outpost

    military base

    Frontier surveillance and rapid response

    army

  • Sri Lanka Cyber Command Center

    hub

    Offensive/defensive cyber operations

    cyber

  • Sri Lanka Forward Corps HQ

    military base

    Theater-level ground command

    army

  • Sri Lanka Secondary Airfield

    airport

    Dispersal, training, and surge capacity

    air

  • Ministry of Defence Colombo

    hub

    Sri Lankan Armed Forces HQ.

    command

  • Ordnance factory Katugastota

    factory

    Ammunition and equipment.

    ammunition

  • Port of Colombo

    port

    Indian Ocean transshipment hub.

    trade

  • Trincomalee natural harbor

    port

    Deep-water naval anchorage.

    naval

  • Bandaranaike Airport

    airport

    Air force and civil hub.

    air

  • Jaffna northern command

    military base

    Post-conflict security.

    army

  • Hambantota port

    port

    Chinese-leased strategic port.

    trade

Deployable units (10)

  • Joint Operations Headquarters (Sri Jayawardenepura)hq
  • 53 Division (Rapid Deployment Force)army
  • 58 Division (Mannar sector)army
  • SLAF Base Katunayakeair
  • Trincomalee Naval Dockyardnavy
  • Armoured Corps (Minneriya)armor
  • Colombo point-defense batterysam
  • UAV squadron (Anuradhapura)drone
  • Special Forces Regiment (Maduru Oya)army
  • Panagoda logistics complexfacility

Theater glossary

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.