Algerian authorities have prepared a draft military budget for 2013, the volume of 825.86 billion dinars (10.29 billion USD). If the proposed budget is approved, compared to 14.21% for 2012, he will be more. Military expenditures country reach 5% of GDP.
For comparison, the military budget of the Russian Federation in the current year amounts to 3% of GDP (1.8 trillion. Rub.).
The first increase in the defense budget due to the transition of the Public Defense custody control of Algeria, which had previously been under the control of the Ministry of Interior. Public guardian - a special kind of troops to protect the rule of law, which is formed in Algeria in 1996 to oppose the civil war of Islamist terror. The service is controlled peripheral territory.
Today, the number of the Public Guard is about 90,000 people. Earlier, the Algerian authorities were planning to reduce the number of troops.
Algeria has also been actively purchasing main battle tanks T-90S tanks, anti-aircraft missile systems S-300, Su-30MKA, combat training aircraft Yak-130 submarine project 636M "Varshavyanka" project frigates MEKO, Project 20382 corvettes "Tiger" and patrol boats project F2000.
Algeria in recent years, military spending has increased considerably. In 2006, they accounted for about 3 billion USD, or 3.3% of GDP. What exactly explains this increase in military spending, not reported.