Military
Military branches: Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Republic
Security Forces (internal and border troops)
Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,134,619 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 894,337 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 37,689 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: 203 million lei (1995); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: certain territory of Moldova and Ukraine - including Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina - are considered by Bucharest as historically a part of Romania; this territory was incorporated into the former Soviet Union following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1940