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Armed forces growth
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-32 |
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[103rd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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217,000 |
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[22nd of 166]
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Conscription
Conscription exists (WRI). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$86,000,000.00 |
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[15th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$256,000,000.00 |
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[25th of 85]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$3,500,000,000.00 |
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[27th of 170]
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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195 |
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[13th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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947 |
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[12th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Helicopters
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111 |
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[8th of 22]
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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200 |
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[27th of 30]
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Iraq Coalition casualties
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17 |
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[5th of 18]
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Iraq coalition forces > Troop strength
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1,400 |
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[5th of 10]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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10,355,000 |
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[30th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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19 |
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[29th of 129]
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Service age and obligation
17 years of age for compulsory military service after January 1st of the year of 18th birthday; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; in 2005, Poland plans to shorten the length of conscript service obligation from 12 to 9 months; by 2008, plans call for at least 60% of military personnel to be volunteers; only soldiers who have completed their conscript service are allowed to volunteer for professional service; as of April 2004, women are only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers (2004) |
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Tanks
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3,200 tanks |
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[4th of 22]
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Weapon holdings
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4,073,000 |
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[23rd of 137]
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WWII > Jew killed
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3,000,000
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[1st of 14]
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WWII > Jewish population before war
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3,300,000
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[1st of 16]
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WWII > Percent of Jew killed
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90
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[1st 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; 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.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; 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; "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; Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Poland, Republic of Poland, Rzeczpospolita Polska, Polska
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