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Armed forces personnel
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41,000 |
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[74th of 166]
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Branches
Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force (NKSDF), Air Force and Air Defense |
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DEFINITION: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces |
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SOURCE: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC). |
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DEFINITION: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Conventional arms imports
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$68,000,000.00 |
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[40th of 85]
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DEFINITION: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions)
Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). |
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SOURCE: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC) |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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2.72 %
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[24th of 145]
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DEFINITION: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.) |
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SOURCE: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm. |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$135,000,000.00 |
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[16th of 111]
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DEFINITION: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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6 |
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[25th of 24]
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DEFINITION: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2004 |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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110 |
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[24th of 24]
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DEFINITION: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2006 |
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SOURCE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003 |
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Forces in Europe > Helicopters
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8 |
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[22nd of 22]
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DEFINITION: Conventional armed forces in Europe. SIPRI Yearbooks 1991-2003. Conventional arms control. Last update: July 2007 |
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SOURCE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003 |
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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919,582 |
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[125th of 175]
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DEFINITION: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. |
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SOURCE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003 |
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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DEFINITION: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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30,548 |
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[129th of 226]
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DEFINITION: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel
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49,000
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[73rd of 170]
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DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel > % of total labor force
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3.83 %
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[13th of 168]
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DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Service age and obligation
18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation |
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DEFINITION: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Weapon holdings
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481,000 |
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[85th of 137]
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
WMD > Chemical
On 15 May 1992, Armenia signed the Tashkent Agreement between the Commonwealth of Independent States, according to which Russia was acknowledged as the successor of Soviet chemical weapons. In signing the agreement, Armenia agreed to by the 1925 Geneva Protocol, abide by the Soviet moratarium of 1987 on the production of chemical weapons, coordinate its policy with a view to achieving the speedy conclusion of a multilateral and verifiable convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons, and coordinate its policy with regard to controlling the export of 'dual-use' chemicals. Armenia is a member of the Chemical Weapons Convention and a founding member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. |
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DEFINITION: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction |
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SOURCE: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) |
WMD > Missile
Armenia does not possess ballistic missiles nor does it produce any key elements for missile systems. |
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DEFINITION: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of missile weapons of mass destruction |
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SOURCE: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
WMD > Nuclear
There are no known uranium mines, uranium processing facilities, highly-enriched uranium, or plutonium on the territory of Armenia. There are two known nuclear research facilities in Armenia: the Yerevan Institute of Physics and the Analitsark Research Facility in Gyumri. Neither houses fissile material. Armenia has one nuclear power plant, Metsamor, which produces 40% of the nation's electricity. Armenia is party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has an Additional Protocol with the IAEA, and has ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. |
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DEFINITION: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons |
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SOURCE: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
WMD > Overview
When the Soviet Union broke apart, Armenia did not have weapons of mass destruction on its territory. Neither did its Soviet-era industry manufacture any key components for weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. Armenia does possess some conventional weapons production capability, mostly as a result of its long-standing conflict with Muslim Azerbaijan over a primarily Armenian-populated region, Nagorno-Karabakh. In spite of its location among states considered unfriendly to Yerevan, Armenia has foregone the option of developing or acquiring weapons of mass destruction and is signatory to a number of international agreements including the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). Armenia is also a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
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DEFINITION: An overview of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction |
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SOURCE: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
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