@Uzbekistan:Military

Military branches: Ministry of Defense (Army, Air, and Air Defense), Security Forces (internal and border troops) note: National Guard is a component of the Army

Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 5,996,041 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 4,874,324 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 246,706 (1998 est.)

Military expenditures-dollar figure: 39.2 billion soms (1996); note-conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 7% (1996)

@Uzbekistan:Transnational Issues

Disputes-international: none