Seychelles
Seychelles
Capital:Victoria
107 square miles
Made up of 115 islands
Located North East of Madagascar
Population of about 81,000
Due to rising sea levels, the Seychelles is slowly sinking into the Indian Ocean.
The Seychelles are used by U.S. and Indian forces for anti-piracy operations. The U.S. also launches drone attacks on targets in Somalia from the Seychelles.
13 DEC 11- A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone crashes in the Seychelles.
04 JAN 11- The United Arab Emirates donates 5 patrol boats to the Seychelles to aid in patrol and anti-piracy operations.
14 JUL 12- China donates two Chinese made Y-2 transport aircraft to the Seychelles. China has also expresses an interest in using military facilities in the Seychelles.
1 FEB 13- India donates a Dornier Do-228 with surveillance and communication systems to the Seychelles.
1981- Attempted coup by mercenaries
Seychelles Peoples Defence Force (SPDF)
200 active duty military personnel
450 paramilitary forces
Seychelles Defence Academy
Funded and built by the United Arab Emirates
SPDF museum
Consists of Army, Coast Guard (which includes an air wing), Presidential Protection Unit, and a Police Force which includes the Mobile Police Unit. Nine patrol boats.
Elite anti-piracy unit called the Tazar.
Aircraft flown by the SPDF
Y-2 transport aircraft (2)
BN-2 Defender?
Dornier Do-228 with surveillance and communication systems
Socata Rallye 235E aircraft?
Cessna A-150 Aerobat trainer?
SA.316B Alouette II helicopter?
BTR-152 armored personnel carriers (4)?
BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles ?
India donates two Land Rover (Tata) vehicles to the SPDF in 2014
India donates two Land Rover (Tata) vehicles to the SPDF in 2014
D-30 (3)?
BM-21 multiple rocket launchers (2)?
M-43 82mm mortars (6)?
RPG-7?
AK-47 style assault rifles
SKS rifles
Uzi sub-machine guns
SA-7 shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles (10)?
ZPU-4 towed anti-aircraft guns?
ZPU-4 towed anti-aircraft guns?
Seychelles Coast Guard
1 Turya Class torpedo boat?
P605 Andromache
P606 Topaz- Indian made Trinkat Class Patrol vessel. Donated to Seychelles by India.
P608 Constant- Indian made Trinkat Class Patrol vessel. Donated to Seychelles by India.
P607 Etoile- Chinese made Shanghai II (Type 62) class patrol vessel. Donated to Seychelles by China.
Patrol boats donated from UAE (5)
Seychelles Coast Guard base at Bois de Rose
India to build naval base on Assumption Island in Seychelles.
New Coast Guard base at Ile Perseverance funded by the UAE.
Seychelles Peoples Defence Force pictures
