Population: 16493 thousand people. The military budget is 838 million dollars (2001). The regular forces are 321 000 people. The reserve - 354 000 people, including land forces - 280 000, air force - 70 000, naval forces - 4 000. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch - 30 months. Mobilization resources - 4 million people, including 2,3 million able-bodied men.
Land forces: 215 000 people, 3 army corps headquarters, 12 divisions (3 mechanized, 7 tank, 1 of special forces, the republican guard), 13 brigades (4 detached infantry, 1 frontier, 2 tactical rocket, 1 operative tactical rocket, 2 detached artillery, 2 detached antitank, 1 rocket coastal defence brigade), 10 detached regiments of special forces and 1 detached tank regiment.
Arms: 26 operative tactical rockets, 36 tactical rockets, 10 ASM systems, 4 700 tanks (2 000 T-54/55, 1 000 T-62M/K, 1 700 T-72), more than 2 350 infantry fighting vehicles (2 250 BMP-1, 100 BMP-2, several BMP-3), 925 BRDM-2, 1 600 armored troop carriers, 450 self-propelled and 3 230 towed guns, about 6 000 antitank missile systems, 480 MLRS, 658 mortars, 55 surface-to-air missile systems, 4 000 portable surface-to-air missile systems "Strela-2", 4 120 anti-aircraft guns.
Air force: 40 000 people, 589 war-planes, 87 combat helicopters. Tactical elements: 9 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 17 air defence fighter squadrons. Planes and helicopters: 90 Su-22, 134 MiG-23 (BN, P and PU), 20 Su-24, 198 MiG-21, 41 MiG-25 (P and U) and MiG-25P, 20 MiG-29, 80 L-29, 4 An-24, 5 An-26, 2 Falcon-20, Falcon-900, 4 Il-76, 7 Yak-40, 6 Tu-134, 49 Mi-25, 23 SA-342L, 110 Mi-8 and Mi-17, 10 Mi-2.
Air defence: 55 000 people, 25 SAM brigades (150 SAM batteries), 800 surface-to-air guided missile systems and 4 000 antiaircraft guns; 2 SAM regiments (in each 2 SAM battalions of 2 SAM batteries), 48 surface-to-air guided missile systems SA-5, portable surface-to-air missile systems SA-8.
Naval forces: about 6 000 people, 2 small anti-submarine ships pr. 159,8 missile boats pr. 205M, 8 patrol vessels pr. 1400M, З tank landing ships pr.771, 5 minesweepers (1 pr. 254, 1 pr.1265, 3 pr.1258), 1 hydrographic vessel, 3 support vessels. Coast defence: 12 ASM batteries P-5 and P-15, 36 130 mm and 12 100 mm guns. Naval aircraft: 15 helicopters (13 Mi-14P, 2 Ka-28).
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