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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_organization
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:Gripen_fighter_jets
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkb:Army
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gptkbp:budget
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approximately $4.5 billion
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gptkbp:combat_history
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engaged in humanitarian missions
involved in peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
involved in apartheid conflicts
participated in the Angolan Civil War
engaged in border conflicts with Namibia
involved in operations in Mozambique
participated in the South African Border War
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Rudzani_Maphwanya
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:South_Africa
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gptkbp:established
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gptkb:1994
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Pretoria
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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the South African Defence Force
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gptkbp:military_exercises
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gptkb:Exercise_Blue_Flag
Exercise Lion Strike
Exercise Shared Accord
Exercise Thokgamo
Exercise Vuma
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gptkbp:military_operations
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gptkb:Operation_Chariot
gptkb:Operation_Copper
gptkb:Operation_Mistral
gptkb:Operation_Prosperity
Operation Uthukela
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gptkbp:military_rank
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gptkb:Major
gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel
gptkb:Private
gptkb:Colonel
gptkb:General
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gptkbp:military_service
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South African Military Reserve
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gptkbp:motto
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Duty, Loyalty, Courage
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gptkbp:operational_area
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African continent
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gptkbp:participated_in
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gptkb:United_Nations_peacekeeping_missions
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gptkbp:predecessor
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Union Defence Force
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gptkbp:related_vehicle
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gptkb:Rooikat_armored_vehicles
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gptkbp:role
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defense of South Africa
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gptkbp:size
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approximately 80,000 personnel
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gptkbp:squadrons
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Frigate class ships
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gptkbp:training_programs
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gptkb:South_African_Military_Academy
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Jan_Smuts
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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