Branches: Army, Air Forces, Air Defense Forces, Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,520,487; fit for military service 1,981,749; reach military age (18) annually 71,922 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures: 56.5 billion rubles, NA% of GDP (1993 est.); note - conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

NOTE: The information regarding Belarus on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belarus Defense Forces 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belarus Defense Forces 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.