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Armed forces personnel	9,000		[115th of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita)	1.74893 per 1,000 people		[118th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$	92,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[16th of 45]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	18,259.04 constant 1990 US$ per 1		[8th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	3,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[74th of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	0.583 constant 1990 US$ per c		[64th of 170]
Branches Army, Air Force, National Guard
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	02 OCT 2003
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	08 OCT 1996
Conscription No conscription (FWCC).
Conventional arms imports	$5,000,000.00		[81st of 85]
Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP)	0.589 per $1,000		[31st of 85]
Conventional arms imports (per capita)	0.972 per 1 population		[67th of 85]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure	14.88 %		[14th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP	2.85 %		[29th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU	2687600000
Expenditures	1.4 % of GDP		[54th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$19,200,000.00		[21st of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$12.59 per 1,000 $ of GDP		[17th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita)	$3.88 per capita		[22nd of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	1.4%		[112nd of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females	1,419,374		[99th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males	1,398,878		[108th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	1,265,020		[112nd of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	1,347,312		[108th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.265 per capita		[64th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	245.826 per 1,000 people		[103rd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	1,211,249		[96th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	1,061,942		[108th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	1,091,548		[94th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	1,026,060		[98th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.214 per capita		[26th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	199.39 per 1,000 people		[47th of 173]
Manpower > Military age	18 years of age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	58,721		[103rd of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)	10.962 per 1,000 people		[64th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	60,706		[103rd of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)	11.332 per 1,000 people		[60th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49	1,219,080		[67th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita)	0.231 per capita		[38th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49	1,193,529		[75th of 164]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita)	0.226 per capita		[78th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49	1,024,568		[64th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita)	0.194 per capita		[28th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49	871,493		[77th of 161]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita)	0.165 per capita		[90th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49	59,784		[54th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	61,091		[82nd of 157]
NATO > Membership Action Plan > Partnership for Peace	June 1994
personnel	18,000		[109th of 170]
personnel (per capita)	3.5 per 1,000 people		[97th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force	0.79 %		[95th of 168]
Service age and obligation 18 years of age for compulsory military service
US military exports	$233.00 thousand		[81st of 109]
US military exports (per capita)	$0.05 thousand per 1,000 peopl		[74th of 109]
Weapon holdings	974,000		[65th of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita)	189,273 per 1 million people		[34th of 137]
WMD > Biological Kyrgyzstan acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in October 2004. There is no evidence that it possesses or seeks biological weapons.
WMD > Chemical Kyrgyzstan signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention in February and October 2003, respectively. Bishkek neither possesses nor pursues chemical weapons.
WMD > Missile The Dastan facility in Bishkek, which produces Shkval torpedoes and self-guidance and control systems, is the largest missile-related production facility in Kyrgyzstan. In November 2004, the Kyrgyzstani parliament voted to sell the state share in Dastan to Russian companies, including Rosoboronexport. The facility would reportedly produce torpedoes for the export market.
WMD > Nuclear From the 1950s to the 1990s, the Kara-Balta Ore Mining Combine in northern Kyrgyzstan processed uranium concentrate from deposits in both Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan for use in the Soviet Union's military and civilian nuclear industries. Kara-Balta continues to process Kazakhstani uranium concentrate into U3O8 in an arrangement with the Nuclear Power and Industrial Complex of Kazakhstan (Kazatomprom). Uranium extraction in Kyrgyzstan itself has ceased. Kara-Balta exports U3O8 to Kazatomprom's customers, including Russia. Radioactive waste in uranium tailings ponds in Kyrgyzstan poses a significant health threat. The European Union, Russia, and the United States have provided foreign assistance to help Kyrgyzstan come up with solutions to its uranium waste problem. Kyrgyzstan is party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and has an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
WMD > Overview The smallest and second-least populated of the five former Soviet Central Asian states, mountainous Kyrgyzstan inherited a large uranium mining and milling complex and several military-related industrial facilities when the USSR broke apart. Uranium mining has now ceased, though the milling complex at Kara-Balta continues to process Kazakhstani yellowcake for export. Much of the remaining military industrial complex has either gone bankrupt, been converted to civilian use, or has reverted to Russian management. The main proliferation threat posed by Kyrgyzstan is its location near countries that possess nuclear and other WMD-related materials, namely Russia and Kazakhstan, and countries to its south that are allegedly seeking these materials. Kyrgyzstan also must deal with uranium tailings--a legacy of its once-bustling uranium industry-- that are dangerously close to large population centers.

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