חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Military branches: |
Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force |
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Military manpower - military age and obligation: |
15 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - minimum 18 months (2004) |
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Military manpower - availability: |
males age 15-49: 1,500,625 (2005 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 15-49: 954,816 (2005 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually: |
males: 73,167 (2005 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure: |
$10.7 million (2004) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
0.5% (2004) |
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Military - note: |
Laos is one of the world's least developed countries; the Lao People's Armed Forces are small, poorly funded, and ineffectively resourced; there is little political will to allocate sparse funding to the military, and the armed forces' gradual degradation is likely to continue; the massive drug production and trafficking industry centered in the Golden Triangle makes Laos an important narcotics transit country, and armed Wa and Chinese smugglers are active on the Lao-Burma border (2005) |
More about Laos:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Military branches: |
Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force |
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Military manpower - military age and obligation: |
15 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - minimum 18 months (2004) |
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Military manpower - availability: |
males age 15-49: 1,500,625 (2005 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 15-49: 954,816 (2005 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually: |
males: 73,167 (2005 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure: |
$10.7 million (2004) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
0.5% (2004) |
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Military - note: |
Laos is one of the world's least developed countries; the Lao People's Armed Forces are small, poorly funded, and ineffectively resourced; there is little political will to allocate sparse funding to the military, and the armed forces' gradual degradation is likely to continue; the massive drug production and trafficking industry centered in the Golden Triangle makes Laos an important narcotics transit country, and armed Wa and Chinese smugglers are active on the Lao-Burma border (2005) |
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