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| PAKISTANI MILITARY STATS: |
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Air force personnel
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45,000 |
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[13th of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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27 |
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[51st of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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612,000 |
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[6th of 166]
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Army personnel
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520,000 |
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[5th of 49]
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Branches
Army (includes National Guard), Navy (includes Marines and Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) |
Conscription
No conscription (AI). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$10,000,000.00 |
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[31st of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$344,000,000.00 |
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[13th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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3.36 %
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[15th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$3,848,000,000.00 |
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[9th of 111]
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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4,900 |
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[10th of 30]
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Military Capabilities > Defense Budget
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$4,253,000,000.00 |
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[8th of 10]
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Military Capabilities > Tanks
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2,461 |
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[7th of 10]
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Navy personnel
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22,000 |
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[20th of 49]
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personnel
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921,000
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[6th of 170]
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Service age and obligation
16 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age of 18; the Pakistani Air Force and Pakistani Navy have inducted their first female pilots and sailors |
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Tanks
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1,050 tanks |
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[13th of 22]
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US military exports
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$507.00 thousand |
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[59th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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5,407,000 |
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[17th of 137]
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WMD > Nuclear
In the mid-1970s, Pakistan embarked upon the uranium enrichment route to acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. By the mid-1980s, Pakistan had a clandestine uranium enrichment facility; and as early as 1989-1990, the United States concluded that Islamabad had acquired the capability to assemble a first-generation nuclear device. Pakistan is believed to have stockpiled approximately 580-800kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU), sufficient amounts to build 30-50 fission bombs. In 1998, Pakistan commissioned the Khushab research reactor, which is capable of yielding 10-15kg of weapons-grade plutonium annually. According to the United States, China helped Pakistan by providing nuclear-related materials, scientific expertise, and technical assistance. Islamabad conducted nuclear tests in May 1998, shortly after India conducted its own weapon tests and declared itself a nuclear weapon state. Pakistan is not a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). |
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999; Wikipedia: Military Capabilities; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); The Nuclear Threat Initiative
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Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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