@Switzerland:Communications
Telephone system: 5,890,000 telephones; excellent domestic,
international, and broadcast services
local: NA
intercity: extensive cable and microwave networks
international: 2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean) earth
stations
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 265, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 18 (repeaters 1,322)
televisions: NA
@Switzerland:Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Air Force and Antiaircraft Command
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,847,639; males fit for military service 1,582,335; males reach military age (20) annually 41,831 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $4.1 billion, 1.4% of
GDP (1995)
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