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Armed forces personnel	13,000		[102nd of 166]
Branches Ground Forces, Naval Force, Lithuanian Military Air Forces, National Defense Volunteer Forces
Conscription Conscription exists.
Conventional arms imports	$31,000,000.00		[51st of 85]
expenditure > % of GDP	1.8 %		[47th of 145]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$230,800,000.00		[13th of 111]
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid	$30,000.00		[39th of 40]
Manpower > Availability > Females	906,097		[118th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	937,055		[124th of 175]
Manpower > Military age	18 years of age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	25,907		[139th of 226]
personnel	29,000		[88th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force	1.79 %		[40th of 168]
Service age and obligation 19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation
Weapon holdings	81,000		[118th of 137]
WMD > Biological Lithuania acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in October 1998 and joined the Australia Group in June 2004. There is no evidence to suggest that Vilnius possesses or is developing biological weapons.
WMD > Chemical Lithuania is a member of the Chemical Weapons Convention and joined the Australia Group in June 2004. There is no evidence that Vilnius possesses or seeks to develop chemical weapons.
WMD > Missile Lithuania does not possess or produce ballistic missiles and is a signatory to the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missiles. In August 2003, Vilnius submitted an application for membership in the Missile Technology Control Regime.
WMD > Nuclear Lithuania has only one nuclear facility: the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. The plant is highly important to the country, as it provides about 75 percent of Lithuania's energy. It has also been the subject of much controversy, as the EU is concerned that Ignalina's Soviet-built RBMK reactors, similar to those at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, are unsafe. Unit 1 at Ignalina was shut down in December 2004. The second and final reactor, Unit 2, will be shut down in December 2009. Lithuania is party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), has an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
WMD > Overview Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, a proclamation not recognized by Moscow until September 1991. Since 1991, Vilnius has joined international treaties, regimes, and organizations, including both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. Lithuania does not possess or produce nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.

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