Airports—with unpaved runways:
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (1998 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: 339,218 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 171,705 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $11.2 million (FY97/98)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 0.4% (FY97/98)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: claims the Chagos Archipelago 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