Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 13,574,133 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 782,064 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $1.3 billion (1996)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.7% (1996)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: involved in a complex dispute over the
Spratly Islands with China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly
Brunei; claims Malaysian state of Sabah
Illicit drugs: exports locally-produced marijuana and hashish to East Asia, the US, and other Western markets; serves as a transit point for heroin and crystal methamphetamines ______________________________________________________________________
PITCAIRN ISLANDS
(dependent territory of the UK)
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