ional large load carrier 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker
79, refrigerated cargo 22, roll on/roll off 2, short-sea/passenger
2, specialized tanker 6, vehicle carrier 1
Airports:
109 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 65
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 6 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 44
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 28 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
3 (2003 est.)
Military Thailand
Military branches:
Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (including Royal Thai Marine
Corps), Royal Thai Air Force
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
21 years of age for compulsory military service; males are
registered at 18 years of age; conscript service obligation - 2
years; 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 17,944,151 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 10,735,354 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 531,511 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$1.775 billion (FY00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.8% (2003)
Transnational Issues Thailand
Disputes - international:
a 1 kilometer segment at the mouth of the Golok River remains in
dispute with Malaysia; demarcation with Laos complete except for
certain Mekong River islets and complaints of Thai squatters;
despite continuing border committee talks, significant differences
remain with Burma over boundary alignment and the handling of ethnic
rebels, refugees, and illegal cross-border activities; Cambodia
accuses Thailand of moving boundary markers and obstructing access
to Preah Vihear temple ruins awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in
1962; 2003 anti-Thai riots in Phnom Penh resulted in the destruction
of the Thai Embassy and damage to 17 Thai-owned businesses and
disputes over payments of full compensation persist; groups in Burma
and Thailand express concern over China's construction of 13
hydroelectric dams on the Salween River in Yunnan Province
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 118,407 (Burma) (2004)
Illicit drugs:
a minor producer of opium, heroin, and marijuana; illicit transit
point for heroin en route to the international drug market f
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