Military Burma
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service for both sexes (May
2002)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 12,450,884
females age 15-49: 12,457,077 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 6,609,995
females age 15-49: 6,595,611 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 441,333
females: 440,914 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$39 million (FY97)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.1% (FY97)
Transnational Issues Burma
Disputes - international:
despite continuing border committee talks, significant differences
remain with Thailand over boundary alignment and the handling of
ethnic rebels, refugees, and illegal cross-border activities; groups
in Burma and Thailand express concern over China's construction of
13 hydroelectric dams on the Salween River in Yunnan Province; India
seeks cooperation from Burma to keep out Indian Nagaland insurgents