Airports:
total: 211
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 30
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 4
with paved runways under 914 m: 21
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 73
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 43
@Saudi Arabia:Communications
Telephone system: 1,624,000 telephones; modern system
local: NA
intercity: extensive microwave and coaxial and fiber optic cable
systems
international: microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait,
Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan;
submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; earth stations - 5
INTELSAT (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 ARABSAT, and 1
INMARSAT
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 43, FM 13, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 80
televisions: NA
@Saudi Arabia:Defense Forces
Branches: Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force,
National Guard, Coast Guard, Frontier Forces, Special Security Force,
Public Security Force
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 5,303,679; males fit for
military service 2,949,842; males reach military age (17) annually
164,220 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $17.2 billion, 13.8%
of GDP (1994)
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