Branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Internal Troops,
National Guard, Border Troops
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 12,388,788
males fit for military service: 9,716,127
males reach military age (18) annually: 362,000 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: 1.35 billion hryvni, less than 2% of GDP
(Ukrainian Government's forecast for 1996); note - conversion of
defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate
could produce misleading results
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@United Arab Emirates ——————————
Map —-
Location: 24 00 N, 54 00 E — Middle East, bordering the Gulf of
Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Flag ——
Description: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white,
and black with a thicker vertical red band on the hoist side
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