Military branches Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Reserve Force (Home Guards)

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 1,462,052 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males : 1,118,955 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 48,245 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $423 million (1996)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2.7% (1996)

Disputes - international Gabcikovo Dam dispute with Hungary; unresolved property issues withCzech Republic over redistribution of former Czechoslovak federal property

Illicit drugs minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish boundfor Western Europe

NOTE: The information regarding Slovakia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Slovakia Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slovakia Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.