Population: 7 891 thousand people. The military budget is 48 million dollars (2001). The regular forces are 30 350 people (including the republican guard). Militarized formations: the gendarmerie - 4 500 people, the republican guard - 5 000 people. Recruitment for the army - draft. Mobilization resources - 1,7 million people, including 876 thousand able-bodied men.
Land forces: 25 000 people (reorganized), 7 military districts, 9 battalions (1 tank, 7 infantry, 1 of engineers), 1 artillery battalion. Arms: 60 tanks T-55, 100 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 63 combat armoured vehicles, 5 105 mm towed howitzers M2, 81 and 120 mm mortars, antitank missile systems Milan, antiaircraft guns (20 and 30 mm).
Air force: 350 people, 2 war-planes, 2 combat helicopters. Planes and helicopters: 2 PC-7, 2 SF-260W, 2 C-130B and Н, An-26, C-212, 2 PC-6B, 5 Cessna FTB.337, 2 Mi-25B, 2 SA-316.
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