Sultan's Armed Forces — Force Atlas

概要

海灣中唯一一個身為荷莫茲海峽共同沿岸國、且不屬於任何陣營之國家的軍隊——這支部隊在此的意義在於其所毗鄰的海峽，以及其政府數十年來致力維護的中立。

廣泛活動地區: Omani territory, the Musandam peninsula and Omani waters at the strait
重要歷史: Oman does not fit the Gulf pattern and its armed forces should not be read as though it did. The Sultanate borders the Strait of Hormuz — the outbound traffic separation lane runs through Omani territorial water — maintains working relations with Iran that no other Gulf state has, and has served as the channel for talks between Washington and Tehran across four decades. Its military exists to defend that position rather than to project from it. When Iran announced a Persian Gulf Strait Authority in May 2026, Oman rejected it alongside the other Gulf states, which is the clearest available statement of where the Sultanate's neutrality stops.
優勢: A geographic position at the strait that no other Arab state holds, and a diplomatic role that gives Oman standing with both sides of a war in which everyone else has had to choose.
限制: A small force with limited capacity relative to the water it borders, and a strategic role that depends on not being drawn in. Its co-riparian status at Hormuz is a legal and geographic fact owned by this module's maritime records, not a military capability, and nothing here should be read as describing what Omani forces do in the strait.