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Armed forces personnel	100	[100th of 166]
Branches Ground Forces, Artillery and Rocket Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)
Conscription Conscription exists (FWCC).
Conventional arms imports	$59.00	[59th of 85]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$111.00	[111st of 170]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	37 %	[37th of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	113	[113rd of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	102	[102nd of 174]
Manpower > Military age	93	[93rd of 129]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	87	[87th of 128]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49	69	[69th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49	77	[77th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49	66	[66th of 119]
US military exports	$80.00 thousand	[80th of 109]
Weapon holdings	40	[40th of 137]
WMD > Biological Turkmenistan is party to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and does not possess biological weapons.
WMD > Chemical Turkmenistan is a member of the Chemical Weapons Convention and does not possess chemical weapons.
WMD > Missile Turkmenistan does not possess ballistic missiles capable of carrying WMD payloads.
WMD > Nuclear Turkmenistan does not possess nuclear weapons. During the Soviet era, it did not host nuclear tests, though at least one underground nuclear explosion was conducted in 1972 in Mary Oblast to seal a gushing gas well. An abandoned uranium mine reportedly exists in northwest Turkmenistan, near Kizil-Kaya. Turkmenistan's military doctrine includes pledges not to possess, produce, or proliferate nuclear arms. Turkmenistan is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Ashkhabad signed an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency in May 2005.
WMD > Overview Turkmenistan has one of the least developed export control systems in the former Soviet Union. Due to its shared borders with Afghanistan and Iran, the country could potentially become a transit point for illegal exports. Turkmenistan does not produce or possess nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.

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SOURCES: Total armed forces (2000); 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.; Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).; Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies; 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 males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve. ; This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. ; U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars); ; A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of biological weapons of mass destruction; A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction; A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of missile weapons of mass destruction; A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons; An overview of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction

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