Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Ministry of
Interior Forces, Coast Guard
Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 658,270 males fit for military service: 391,586 males reach military age (18) annually: 17,544 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $3.5 billion, 12.8% of GDP (FY95/96)
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@Kyrgyzstan —————
Map —-
Location: 41 00 N, 75 00 E — Central Asia, west of China
Flag ——
Description: red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays representing the 40 Kirghiz tribes; on the obverse side the rays run counterclockwise, on the reverse, clockwise; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines, a stylized representation of the roof of the traditional Kirghiz yurt
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