Union Defence Force

The Union Defence Force is the armed forces of the Riyadh Islamic Federation and have primary responsibility for the defense of all ten emirates. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, it consists of at least 150,000 active troops at any given time.

History
The Union Defence Force was previously know as the Trucial States Scouts up until Riyadh's independence from the United Kingdom on 1 December 1971. Control of the military forces were handed over to the RIF by the British officially on 2 December 1971. Under the dictatorship of Sheikh Mohamed Basim Rashid the UDC was expanded to over 750,000 troops to ensure his complete control over everything in the RIF.

Nuclear Capabilities
Riyadh's Nuclear Program began in 1951, after the creation of the Trucial States Scouts, and progressed slowly. Riyadh completed its first nuclear weapon in 1971, 3 months before it's independence. It's possesion of nuclear weapons was kept secret from the public until 1972, with the beginning of the Iran-Riyadh War. Riyadh's weapons stockpile rapidly grew until 1989, when Riyadh signed the NNPT. The government stated that it has since disarmed it's nuclear weapons, although it has never denied, nor admitted that it still has them. Despite signing the NNPT the UDC conducted several tests, the most recent being in March 2013, where enough plutonium was extracted to create a weapon. The UDC stated that the test was strictly for scientific research.