Military branches Army, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Security Forces (internal and bordertroops)

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 907,579 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 722,715 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 30,942 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $75 million (1992)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP NA%

Disputes - international Armenia supports ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region ofAzerbaijan in the longstanding, separatist conflict against the AzerbaijaniGovernment; traditional demands on former Armenian lands in Turkey have subsided

Illicit drugs illicit cultivator of cannabis mostly for domestic consumption; usedas a transshipment point for illicit drugs to Western Europe and the US

NOTE: The information regarding Armenia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Armenia Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Armenia Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.