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| BULGARIAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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-46 |
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[115th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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80,000 |
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[45th of 166]
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Branches
Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) |
Conscription
Conscription exists (WRI). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$12,000,000.00 |
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[70th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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2.4 %
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[32nd of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$356,000,000.00 |
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[23rd of 111]
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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216 |
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[11th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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1,474 |
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[8th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Helicopters
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35 |
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[12th of 22]
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Iraq Coalition casualties
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13 |
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[6th of 18]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,854,050 |
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[92nd of 175]
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personnel
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85,000
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[57th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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2.73 %
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[22nd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 9 months; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription ended as of 1 January 2008; Air and Air Defense Forces and Naval Forces became fully professional at the end of 2006 |
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Tanks
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1,800 tanks |
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[8th of 22]
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Weapon holdings
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4,838,000 |
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[20th of 137]
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WWII > Jew killed
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14,000
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[11th of 14]
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WWII > Jewish population before war
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64,000
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[10th of 16]
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WWII > Percent of Jew killed
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22
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[11th of 14]
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SOURCES: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; World Development Indicators database; 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; Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria
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