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Armed forces personnel
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27,000 |
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[88th of 166]
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Branches
Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Navy (includes coast guard), Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard |
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$20,000,000.00 |
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[27th of 40]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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3.15 %
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[17th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$23,000,000.00 |
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[12th of 111]
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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7 |
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[24th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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86 |
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[25th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Helicopters
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3 |
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[23rd of 22]
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Iraq coalition forces > Troop strength
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558 |
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[9th of 10]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,302,820 |
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[109th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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35,917 |
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[119th of 226]
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personnel
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23,000
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[97th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.02 %
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[82nd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months |
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Weapon holdings
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377,000 |
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[91st of 137]
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WMD > Missile
Georgia subscribes to the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation and does not possess ballistic missile systems. |
WMD > Nuclear
Georgia is home to three nuclear research institutes. The Andronikashvili Institute of Physics in Tbilisi houses a nonoperational IRT-M research reactor. All fresh and spent fuel was transferred from the reactor facility to Scotland in April 1998 under a multinational effort known as Operation Auburn Endeavor. The High Energy Physics Institute in Tbilisi is not known to house fissile material. The Sukhumi I. Vekua Institute of Physics & Technology (SIPT) was relocated from Sukhumi to Tbilisi due to the Abkhazian conflict. There are reports that SIPT once housed isotope production reactors and/or 2kg of 90% enriched uranium, though the whereabouts of the HEU is not known. Georgia is party to both the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. In addition, on 6 June 2003, Georgia ratified an Additional Protocol to the NPT. |
WMD > Overview
Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, Georgia was forcibly incorporated into the USSR until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. As part of its Soviet legacy, Georgia possesses a decommissioned nuclear reactor and three nuclear research institutes, as well as a number of military bases contaminated with radioactive waste. Nonproliferation issues concerning Georgia stem primarily from the area of export controls. Georgia does not possess or produce nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, but the country's industrial and medical sectors use components that could also be used in WMD systems. |
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