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Introduction - Romania: | Location - Romania: | People - Romania: | Government - Romania: | Economy - Romania: | Communications - Romania: | Transportation - Romania: | Military - Romania: | Military branches | Land Forces, Naval Forces, Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aeriene Romane, FAR), Special Operations (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | all military inductees (including women) are volunteers who contract for an initial 5-year term of service; subsequent voluntary service contracts are for successive 3-year terms until the age of 36; minimum age for voluntary military service is 18 (2006) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 20-49: 5,061,984
females age 20-49: 4,975,427 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 20-49: 3,932,579
females age 20-49: 4,076,288 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 172,093
females age 20-49: 165,547 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.47% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | the ICJ gave Ukraine until December 2006 to reply, and Romania until June 2007 to issue a rejoinder, in their dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania also opposes Ukraines reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |