Defense ———-

Branches: Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air
Force)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 889,517 males fit for military service: 553,538 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $278 million, 5.5% of GDP (1994)

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@Lesotho ———-

Map —-

Location: 29 30 S, 28 30 E — Southern Africa, an enclave of South
Africa

Flag ——

Description: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper half is white bearing the brown silhouette of a large shield with crossed spear and club; the lower half is a diagonal blue band with a green triangle in the corner