7 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
5 (2004 est.)

Military Bosnia and Herzegovina

Military branches:
VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands
within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are
subordinate commands within the Army)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service in the Federation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina; 16 years of age in times of war; 18 years
of age for Republika Srpska; 17 years of age for voluntary military
service in the Federation and in the Republika Srpska; by law,
military obligations cover all healthy men between the ages of 18
and 60, and all women between the ages of 18 and 55; service
obligation is 4 months (July 2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,034,367 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 829,530 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 31,264 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$234.3 million (FY02)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.5% (FY02)

Transnational Issues Bosnia and Herzegovina

Disputes - international:
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro have delimited
most of their boundary, but sections along the Drina River remain in
dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on several small disputed
sections of the boundary

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 327,200 (Bosnian Croats, Serbs, and Muslims displaced in
1992-95 war) (2004)

Illicit drugs:
minor transit point for marijuana and opiate trafficking routes to
Western Europe; remains highly vulnerable to money-laundering
activity given a primarily cash-based and unregulated economy, weak
law enforcement and instances of corruption

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@Botswana

Introduction Botswana

Background:
Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted
its new name upon independence in 1966. Four decades of
uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, a