Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m : 1 under 914 m: 2 (1996 est.)
Military
Military branches: National Police Force (includes the paramilitary
Special Mobile Force or SMF, Special Support Units or SSU, and
National Coast Guard)
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 333,029 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males : 169,129 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $11.2 million (FY92/93)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.4% (FY92/93)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: claims the island of Diego Garcia in
UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory; claims
French-administered Tromelin Island
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; heroin consumption and transshipment are growing problems ______________________________________________________________________