Population: 1 741 thousand people. The military budget is 87 million dollars (2001). The regular forces are 9 000 people. Militarized formations - 6 000 people. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch - 24 months. Mobilization resources - 382,1 thousand people, including 230,2 thousand able-bodied men.
Land forces: 9 000 people, 7 battalions (the presidential guard, 6 infantry), 1 support brigade (the artillery, anti-aircraft artillery and antitank regiments).
Arms: up to 20 tanks T-34 and T-55, more than 70 armoured reconnaissance vehicles and armored troop carriers, 5 MLRS BM-21, 24 140 mm towed howitzers G-2, 81 and 82 mm mortars, 82 mm recoilless guns, antitank guns (57 and 76 mm), 65 antiaircraft guns (14,5 and 23 mm), 50 portable surface-to-air missile systems Strela-2.
Air force: 1 wing as a part of land forces. Arms: 11 planes (2 MiG-23, 2 Y-12, Falcon-900. Lirjet-36, 5 Cessna 337), up to 10 helicopters.
Coastguard: about 200 people, 2 patrol boats, 2 support vessels, 1 plane, 1 helicopter.
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