Population: 5 405 thousand people. The military budget - 2,1 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces are 87 500 people. The reserve (land forces) - 50 000 people. Militarized formations: the carabineers - 29 500 people (20 armored troop carriers, mortars, 4 planes, 12 helicopters). Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch: land forces - 12 months, air force and naval forces - 22. Mobilization resources - 4,3 million people, including 3,2 million able-bodied men.

Land forces: 51 000 people, 7 military districts, 2 army corps headquarters, 7 divisions of variable structure into which enter 48 regiments (14 motorized infantry, 9 mountainous, 10 armoured cavalry, 8 artillery, 7 engineers), the army-co-operation aviation brigade, detached engineer and airborne regiments.

Arms: 290 tanks (including 250 Leopard-1, 40 АМХ-30), 157 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, more than 650 armored troop carriers, 20 heavy infantry fighting vehicles, 163 towed guns, 12 155 mm self-propelled guns Mk F3, 440 mortars, 62 portable surface-to-air missile systems, 150 recoilless guns, 33 planes and 52 helicopters (of them 5 combat ones).

Air force: 12 500 people (including 1 200 in service for a fixed period), 776 planes, combat helicopters are not available. Planes and helicopters: 21 Mirage-5, 16 F-5E and F, 14 A-37B, 12 A-36, King R - 100, 2 Lirjet-35A, 1 A1-707, 3 Boeing 707, Boeing 737-500, 6 C-130 H and B, 4 C-212, 9 Bich 99, Beachcraft, Cessna 206, 14 DHC-6, Gulf Stream-3, 12 PA-28, 35T-35A and B, 34 T-36, 12 T-37B and C, 5 Extra-300, 11 UH-1H, S-7QA, 2 Bell 206, 2 Bell 412, UH-60, 6 BO-105, 5 SA-315.

Naval forces: 24 000 people (including aircraft, marines, coastguard and 2 100 in service for a fixed period). The fleet, the flotilla of submarines, 4 naval zones. 3 submarines (2 pr. 209, Uberon), 3 destroyers Prat, 3 frigates with guided missiles Linder, 7 missile boats (3 Saar-4, 4 pr. 148 Tiger), 4 boats Guakolda, 6 patrol ships Mikalvi, 10 patrol vessels Dabur, 3 tank landing ships (Newport, 2 Batral), 2 small storm-boats Elicura, 1 oceanographic vessel, 1 hydrographic vessel, 1 training sailing vessel, 1 tanker, 1 transport, 3 towboats. Naval aircraft: 600 people. Squadrons: planes - 1 patrol squadron, 1 transport squadron, 1 training squadron; helicopters - 1 anti-submarine helicopter squadron, 1 transport squadron. Planes - 4 EMB-111, 6 P-3A, 9 PC-7, 3 EMB-110CN, 3 C-212a; helicopters - 7 AS-332C, 5 Bell 206, 6 BO-105H, 8 UH-57.

Marines: 2 700 people, 4 groups of marines (in each 1 infantry battalion, 1 company of commandos, 1 field artillery, 1 flak and 1 coast artillery battery), 1 amphibian, 1 support and training (2) battalion. Arms: 30 light tanks Scorpion, 20 armored troop carriers LVTP-5, 40 armored troop carriers Roland, 80 towed howitzers (16 105 mm KH-178, 36 155 mm M-114, 28 155 mm G-5), 16 155 mm coast guns GPFM-3, 50 81 mm mortars, 30 106 mm recoilless guns, 24 anti-aircraft guns Erlikon. Coastguard: 1300 people, 38 patrol boats.