Population: 4 500 thousand people. The military budget is 590 million dollars (2000). The regular forces are 61 000 people. The reserve - 220 000 people, including land forces - 150 000, self-defense - 70 000. Militarized formations: police - 40 000 people. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch: 9 months. Mobilization resources - 1,9 million people, including 943,7 thousand able-bodied men.
Land forces: 53 000 people, 6 military districts, 18 brigades (3 infantry, 8 protection, 1 mixed artillery, 1 antitank, 4 anti-aircraft artillery, 1 brigade of engineers). The reserve: 26 infantry brigades, 39 regiments of internal defence.
Arms: 306 tanks (T-34, T-55, M-47, M-84/T-72M, PT-76), 109 infantry fighting vehicles, 45 armored troop carriers, 7 BRDM-2, 423 76, 85, 105, 122, 130, 152 and 203 mm towed pieces of ordnance, 8 self-propelled guns, 242 MLRS, 1 000 mortars, 133 100 mm antitank guns T-12, more than 600 antiaircraft guns.
Air force: 5 000 people (including 1 320 in service for a fixed period), 40 war-planes, 15 combat helicopters. Planes and helicopters; 20 MiG-21 (BIS, UM), 4 An-2, 2 An-26, 2 An-32, 5 UTVA, 2 Do-28, 20 PC-9, 15 Mi-24, 16 Mi-8 and Mi-17, 2 MD-500, UH-1H, 3 Bell 260B.
Naval forces: 3 000 people. Navy: 1 ultrasmall submarine, 1 corvette, 1 missile boat, 11 patrol boats, 3 small storm-boats, 4 storm-boats, 1 hydrographic vessel, 2 support vessels. Marines: 2 detached companies. Coast artillery: 10 artillery and 3 ASM RBS-15 batteries.
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