Airports-with unpaved runways: total: 69 914 to 1,523 m: 17 under 914 m: 52 (1997 est.)
@Panama:Military
Military branches: an amendment to the Constitution abolished the armed forces, but there are security forces (Panamanian Public Forces or PPF includes the National Police, National Maritime Service, and National Air Service)
Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 733,019 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 502,731 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $78 million (1995); note-for police and security forces
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: NA%
@Panama:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: none
Illicit drugs: major cocaine transshipment point and major drug money-laundering center; no recent signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving