t marine:
total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 604,843 GRT/1,050,914 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 3
foreign-owned: 6 (United Kingdom 6)
registered in other countries: 291 (2005)
Airports:
65 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 42
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 16 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 23
under 914 m: 23 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
2 (2004 est.)
Military Switzerland
Military branches:
Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe)
Military service age and obligation:
the Swiss Confederation states that "every Swiss male is obligated
to do military service"; every Swiss male has to serve for at least
260 days in the armed forces; 19 years of age for compulsory
military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service;
conscripts receive 15 weeks of compulsory training, followed by 10
intermittent recalls for training over the next 22 years; women are
accepted on a voluntary basis, but are not drafted (2005)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 19-49: 1,707,694 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 19-49: 1,375,889 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 46,319 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2.548 billion (FY01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1% (FY01)
Transnational Issues Switzerland
Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
a major international financial center vulnerable to the layering
and integration stages of money laundering; despite significant
legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and
nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore
entities and various intermediaries; transit country for and
consumer of South American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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@Syria
Introduction Syria
Background:
Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I,
Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In
the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel.
Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in an ostensible
peacekeeping ro
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