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Nepal
Index
Armed Forces: Royal Nepal Army, of about 35,000
volunteers. Enlistment for initial period of ten years;
former
Gurkhas for three years. Primary mission to back up local
police
and maintain security in Kathmandu Valley--the seat of
government.
No personnel mobilization plan in event of war or declared
national
emergency; no contingency plan to draft during or in
anticipation
of emergency.
Military Units and Equipment: Fourteen infantry
brigades
in Royal Nepal Army; one air wing in Royal Nepal Army Air
Service.
Shortages of virtually all categories of weapons and
equipment.
Obsolete weapons in inventory.
Military Budget: In 1989 US$33 million, or
approximately
1.2 percent of GNP and 6.2 percent of total central
government
expenditures.
Foreign Military Relation: Royal Nepal Army
personnel
serve in United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; Gurkhas
also
serve in British Brigade of Gurkhas, in Hong Kong, India,
Singapore, and Brunei.
Police Force: Nepalese Police Force of 28,000
personnel
under central administration of Ministry of Home Affairs.
Overseen
by king and advisers with little or nor public
accountability.
Data as of September 1991
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