Country ORBAT
Senegal
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21 platform lines · 20 mapped sites · 10 deployable units
Personnel & posture
- Active personnel
- 14k
- Mobilization window
- ~14 days to full field army
- GDP (est.)
- $28B
Order of battle
Ground forces
- Mechanized brigades4 – 10
- Infantry brigades4 – 12
- Artillery regiments6 – 18
Air power
- Attack helicopters8 – 24
- Transport / liaison6 – 16
Naval & riverine
- Patrol craft10 – 30
- Coastal defense6 – 16
- Riverine units4 – 12
Unmanned systems
- Tactical UAS30 – 100
- Commercial recon drones50 – 180
Armored forces
- Main battle tanks (legacy/mixed)40 – 180
- Light armor / technicals100 – 400
Air & missile defense
- Long-range SAM batteries4 – 14
- Medium-range SAM8 – 24
- Point defense / C-RAM12 – 36
- MANPADS teams120 – 450
Distributed mobile fire groups
Cyber & EW
- Cyber operations units4 – 12
- SIGINT companies4 – 14
Bases & infrastructure (20)
Senegal Ministry of Defense
hubNational command and crisis coordination
command
Senegal Army Headquarters
military baseGround forces command and mobilization center
army
Senegal Primary Air Base
airportCombat aviation and airlift hub
air
Senegal Naval Base
portFleet homeport and coastal defense
naval
Senegal Main Seaport
portStrategic maritime trade and logistics gateway
trade
Senegal Defense Industrial Complex
factoryAmmunition, vehicles, and sustainment production
manufacturing
Senegal Munitions plant
factoryArtillery shells, small arms, explosives
ammunition
Senegal Oil & gas refinery
factoryFuel processing and petrochemicals
energy
Senegal Integrated Air Defense Site
military baseLong-range SAM coverage for capital region
air_defense
Senegal Early Warning Radar
military baseAir and missile tracking
air_defense
Senegal Combined Arms Training Area
military baseBrigade-level exercises and mobilization
training
Senegal Border Defense Outpost
military baseFrontier surveillance and rapid response
army
Senegal Cyber Command Center
hubOffensive/defensive cyber operations
cyber
Senegal Forward Corps HQ
military baseTheater-level ground command
army
Senegal Secondary Airfield
airportDispersal, training, and surge capacity
air
Ministry of Defence Dakar
hubSenegalese Armed Forces HQ.
command
Port of Dakar
portAtlantic trade hub.
trade
Ziguinchor Casamance
military baseSouthern separatist region.
army
Léopold Sédar Senghor Airport
airportAir access.
air
Dakar–Saint-Louis logistics
portWest Africa Atlantic trade.
trade · shipping
Deployable units (10)
- Etat-Major General des Armees (Dakar)hq
- 1st Infantry Brigade (Dakar)army
- Saint-Louis northern sector commandarmy
- Dakar-Yoff Air Baseair
- Dakar Naval Basenavy
- Armored squadron (Thiès)armor
- Dakar AD batterysam
- ISR UAV unit (Ziguinchor)drone
- Rapid action battalionarmy
- Ouakam logistics centerfacility
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.