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Armed forces growth
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125 |
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[125th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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60 |
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[60th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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41 constant 1990 US$
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[41st of 100]
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Branches
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2007) |
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI and NISBCO). |
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP
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34 %
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[34th of 171]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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66 |
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[66th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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71 |
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[71st of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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116 |
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[116th of 129]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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70 |
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[70th of 128]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49
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44
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[44th of 91]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49
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65
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[65th of 157]
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Note
Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993 |
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personnel
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62
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[62nd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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56 %
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[56th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
17 years of age; both sexes are eligible for military service (2004) |
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Tanks
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21 tanks |
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[21st of 22]
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Weapon holdings
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33 |
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[33rd of 137]
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WMD > Overview
Fidel Castro spearheaded Cuba's communist revolution by leading a rebel army to victory in 1959. Relations between Washington and Havana deteriorated rapidly; the United States imposed an embargo on Cuba in October 1960 (which is still in effect today) and broke diplomatic relations in January 1961. Taking advantage of Cuba's fear of U.S. armed aggression against the island, the Soviets persuaded Cuba into adopting closer economic and political ties, including military and defense arrangements; later that year, Castro formally embraced Marxism. Tensions between the United States and Cuba peaked during the October 1962 missile crisis. Under Castro, Cuba became a highly militarized society. Massive Soviet military assistance enabled Cuba to upgrade its military capabilities and expand its military presence abroad, spending millions of dollars in exporting revolutions, most visibly in Angola, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua. Cuba's support for these guerrilla movements, its Marxist-Leninist government, and its alignment with the USSR led to its isolation in the hemisphere. Cuba does not possess nuclear weapons, and there are no credible reports of Cuban efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. In 2002, Cuba acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), ratified the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco), and has an Additional Protocol with the IAEA. Cuba is not reported to possess chemical weapons (it acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention [CWC] in 1993), nor are there credible reports of Cuban possession of long-range ballistic missiles. Cuba is generally regarded as having a program of research on biological warfare (BW) agents, though the scope and focus of this effort remains obscure and controversial. Numerous US administrations have claimed that Cuba possesses a limited offensive biological weapons program and has provided dual-use biotechnology to other nations—suspicions that stem from Cuba's possession of one of the most advanced biomedical industries in Latin America and its large-scale production of pharmaceuticals and vaccines. Cuba has been a member of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) since 1976. In 1990, Cuba's Air Force, with about 150 Soviet-supplied fighters, including advanced MiG-23 Floggers and MiG-29 Fulcrums, was probably the best equipped in Latin America. In 1994, Cuba's armed forces were estimated to have 235,000 active duty personnel. Cuban military power has been sharply reduced by the loss of Soviet subsidies. By 1999, the Revolutionary Armed Forces numbered about 60,000 regular troops. |
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SOURCES: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.; Total armed forces (2000); Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.; The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
; A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.; Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
; The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.; The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.; The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.; 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.; This entry gives 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.
; This entry includes miscellaneous military information of significance not included elsewhere.
; 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.; 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.; This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
; Approximate number of tanks.; ; An overview of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Cuba, Republic of Cuba, Republica de Cuba
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