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Uzbekistan
Index
Armed Forces: Best-equipped of Central Asian forces.
Ground forces have 20,400 troops, air force and air defense forces have
estimated 4,000 troops, border troops about 1,000, National Guard about
700.
Major Military Units: One ground force corps, divided
into three motorized rifle brigades, one tank regiment, one airborne
brigade, one engineer brigade, and support units for aviation, logistics,
and communications.
Military Budget: 1995 estimate, US$315 million.
Internal Security: National Security Service continues
intelligence function of Soviet-era Committee for State Security (KGB),
with estimated 8,000 troops. Major crime problem narcotics sales and
transport, inadequately addressed in early 1990s. Regular police force has
about 25,000 troops. Political corruption and bribery widespread,
including state procurator and courts.
Data as of March 1996
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