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Turkmenistan
Index
Armed Forces: All personnel except officers
conscripts. Turkmenistan army, includes about 11,000 Turkmen personnel
(under joint Turkmen-Russian control); 12,000 Russian troops also present,
1995. Air force has 2,000 men, plus substantial Russian force remaining in
country pending final distribution. Coastal defense force is included in
multinational Caspian Flotilla. Border Guard, under joint Turkmen and
Russian command, has 5,000 personnel, mainly on Afghan and Iranian
borders.
Major Military Units: Army consists of one corps,
including three motorized rifle divisions, one artillery brigade, one
multiple rocket launcher regiment, one antitank regiment, three engineer
regiments, one helicopter squadron, and signal, reconnaissance, and
logistics support units. Air force includes four regiments, 175 combat
aircraft; air defense force has two fighter regiments; air and air defense
organization contingent on negotiations with Russia on disposition of
former Soviet forces.
Military Budget: Estimated 1995, US$61 million.
Internal Security: Committee for National Security
continues as main security force similar to Soviet-era Turkmenistan
Committee for State Security (KGB). Ministry of Internal Affairs
administers regular police, working closely with Committee for National
Security in matters of national security. Criminal investigation under
procurator's offices, not regular police, who have only routine functions.
As in Soviet system, procurators investigate and prosecute crimes. Rule of
law hampered by judiciary's subordinate position to executive branch and
lack of independent judicial tradition.
Data as of March 1996
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