etroleum tanker, 60 bulk, 2 combination ore/oil
Civil air:
59 major transport aircraft
Airports:
165 total, 165 usable; 25 with permanent-surface runways; 15 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
poor service; about 2.3 million telephone customers; 89% of phone network is
automatic; cable and open wire; trunk network is microwave; present phone
density is 9.85 per 100 residents; roughly 3,300 villages with no service
(February 1990); broadcast stations - 12 AM, 5 FM, 13 TV (1990); 1 satellite
ground station using INTELSAT

:Romania Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Paramilitary Forces, Civil Defense
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 5,799,837; 4,909,642 fit for military service; 184,913 reach
military age (20) annually
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - 50 billion lei (unofficial), NA% of GDP (1991);
note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current
exchange rate could produce misleading results

:Russia Geography

Total area:
17,075,200 km2
Land area:
16,995,800 km2
Comparative area:
slightly more than 1.8 times the size of the US
Land boundaries:
20,139 km total; Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast) 3,605
km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 290 km, Finland 1,313 km, Georgia 723 km,
Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km, Latvia 217 km, Lithuania
(Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,441 km, Norway 167 km, Poland
(Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Ukraine 1,576 km
Coastline:
37,653 km
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone:
NA nm
Continental shelf:
200-meter depth or to depth of exploitation
Exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
Exclusive fishing zone:
NA nm
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
inherited disputes from former USSR including: sections of the boundary with
China, a section of the boundary with Tajikistan; boundary with Latvia,
Lithuania, and Estonia; Etorofu, Kunashiri, and Shikotan Islands and the
Habomai island group occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, claimed by Japan;
maritime dispute with Norway over portion of the Barents Sea; has made no
territorial claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and
does not recognize the claims of any other nation
Climate:
ranges from steppes in the south through humid co