Sudan

Personnel & posture

Active personnel

104k

Mobilization window

~7 days to full field army

GDP (est.)

$35B

Order of battle

• Sudanese Armed Forces

  • Su-25 Frogfoot8 – 12

    SAF ground attack

  • MiG-296 – 10

    SAF intercept

  • T-72 / Type 59 MBT200 – 250

    SAF conventional armor

  • Pantsir-S18 – 16

    Port Sudan & airfields

  • S-75 (SA-2)12 – 20

    Legacy high-altitude SAM

• Rapid Support Forces

  • Technicals (armed pickups)5,000 – 10,000

    Primary RSF weapon

  • T-55 / captured armor50 – 150

    Opportunistic heavy armor

• Shared UAV

  • Ababil-320 – 40

    Artillery spotting

  • Mohajer-610 – 20

    Precision strike

• Red Sea

  • Port Sudan naval capacity2 – 6

    Contested frigate berths

• Africa Corps / Wagner

  • Gold-route contractors300 – 800

    RSF-linked mining security

  • RSF UAE/Egypt advisory500 – 2,000

    Logistics and airlift

• Belligerents

  • RSF militia50,000 – 100,000

    Paramilitary

  • SAF regular150,000 – 200,000

    Army remnants

• Access

  • Aid corridors blocked5 – 10

    Active routes

Bases & infrastructure (22)

• Sudan Ministry of Defense

  hub

  National command and crisis coordination

  command

• Sudan Army Headquarters

  military base

  Ground forces command and mobilization center

  army

• Sudan Primary Air Base

  airport

  Combat aviation and airlift hub

  air

• Sudan Naval Base

  port

  Fleet homeport and coastal defense

  naval

• Sudan Main Seaport

  port

  Strategic maritime trade and logistics gateway

  trade

• Sudan Defense Industrial Complex

  factory

  Ammunition, vehicles, and sustainment production

  manufacturing

• Sudan Munitions plant

  factory

  Artillery shells, small arms, explosives

  ammunition

• Sudan Oil & gas refinery

  factory

  Fuel processing and petrochemicals

  energy

• Sudan Integrated Air Defense Site

  military base

  Long-range SAM coverage for capital region

  air_defense

• Sudan Early Warning Radar

  military base

  Air and missile tracking

  air_defense

• Sudan Combined Arms Training Area

  military base

  Brigade-level exercises and mobilization

  training

• Sudan Border Defense Outpost

  military base

  Frontier surveillance and rapid response

  army

• Sudan Cyber Command Center

  hub

  Offensive/defensive cyber operations

  cyber

• Sudan Forward Corps HQ

  military base

  Theater-level ground command

  army

• Sudan Secondary Airfield

  airport

  Dispersal, training, and surge capacity

  air

• Port Sudan Naval Base (Flamingo Bay)

  port

  Red Sea gateway — contested SAF prize.

  naval

• Wadi Seidna Air Base (Omdurman)

  airport

  SAF bomber & logistics — reinforced runways.

  air

• Khartoum International / SAF HQ sector

  airport

  Damaged logistics hub — subterranean bunkers.

  command

• Sudanese Armed Forces command (Port Sudan)

  hub

  De facto wartime capital.

  command

• Nyala Darfur sector

  military base

  Western RSF/SAF contest.

  army

• El Fasher siege sector

  military base

  Darfur humanitarian crisis.

  army

• Port Sudan export lane

  port

  RSF-controlled trade.

  oil · shipping

Deployable units (15)

• SAF Port Sudan naval detachmentnavy · Frigate & coastal defense
• SAF Su-25 Frogfoot squadronair · Ground attack — SAF only
• SAF MiG-29 interceptor flightair · Fixed-wing intercept
• Ababil-3 UAV celldrone · Artillery spotting — both factions
• Mohajer-6 UCAV detachmentdrone · Iranian precision strikes
• SAF Pantsir-S1 batterysam · Port Sudan point defense
• SAF S-75 (SA-2) legacy SAMsam · High-altitude coverage
• SAF T-72 tank battalionarmor · 400+ mixed MBT inventory
• RSF technical truck columnsarmy · Thousands of armed pickups
• RSF rapid support brigadearmy · Paramilitary urban warfare
• RSF gold convoy securityfacility · Darfur mining revenue escort
• Africa Corps gold-route contractorsarmy · Russian PMC mining protection
• RSF foreign advisor liaisonhq · UAE-backed logistics cell
• RSF rapid support columnarmor · Paramilitary
• SAF infantry brigade (Khartoum)army · Capital fight

Theater glossary

SAF

Sudanese Armed Forces — formal military, Port Sudan wartime HQ.

RSF

Rapid Support Forces — paramilitary rival faction.

Wadi Seidna

Omdurman air base — SAF fixed-wing operations.

Technicals

Militarized pickup trucks — RSF dominant platform.

Flamingo Bay

Port Sudan naval sector — strategic Red Sea prize.

Darfur gold

Artisanal mining belt — RSF revenue and Russian PMC security interest.

Africa Corps

Russian MoD PMC successor — gold-route contractors linked to RSF.

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.