Telephone system: 81,500 telephones; adequate telephone system
local: NA microwave, cable, and radio links
intercity: NA
international: 2 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1
ARABSAT earth station; coaxial cable and microwave to Iraq, Saudi
Arabia, and Syria; microwave link to Lebanon is inactive; participant
in MEDARABTEL, a microwave radio relay network linking Syria, Jordan,
Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 7, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 8 and 1 TV receive-only satellite link
televisions: NA
@Jordan:Defense Forces
Branches: Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF; includes Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Naval Force, and Royal Jordanian Air Force); Ministry of the Interior's Public Security Force (falls under JAF only in wartime or crisis situations)
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 981,004; males fit for military service 699,891; males reach military age (18) annually 45,494 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $564.2 million, 9.1% of GDP (1995 est.)
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JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND
(possession of France)