Branches: Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces (internal and
border troops), National Guard
Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 5,672,621 males fit for military service: 4,623,960 males reach military age (18) annually: 231,293 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: 164 million soms, 3.7% of GDP (1993); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results
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@Vanuatu ———-
Map —-
Location: 16 00 S, 167 00 E — Oceania, group of islands in the
South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to
Australia
Flag ——
Description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele leaves, all in yellow
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