Zdzislaw Sliwa Central Asia’s security environment and regional defence capacity
Kazakhstan 2,28bn USD (2012) 2,32bn USD (2013) 2,03bn USD (2014) 39 000 (31 500 paramilitary troops) 300 (T-72B)
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
1,46bn USD (2012) 1,59bn USD (2013)
538m USD (2012) 612m USD (2013)
1.
Military Budget
2.
Number of troops
3.
Tanks
4.
AFV
1009 (BMP-1 and 2; BTR80A)
5.
Combat aircraft
122 (Mig-29UB, Mig-27D, Mig-31, Su-27, Su-27UB, Su-24, Su-25)
48 000 (20 000 paramilitary troops) 340 (T-72, T-64, T-62) 704 (BMP-2, BMD-1/2, BTR-D/60/70/80) 135 (MiG-29, Mig-29UB, Su-27, Su-27UB, Su-25, Su-24)
6.
Attack helicopters
40 (Mi-24B Hind)
29 (Mi-24 Hind)
22 000 680 (T-72, 10xT-90) 1771 (BMP-1 and BMP-2, BTR-60/70/80) 94 (MiG-29, Mig-29UB, Su-7B, Su-17B, Su-25MK) 10 (Mi-24 Hind)
Table 1. The major data of Central Asian armed forces Based on: The Military Balance 2014, International Institute for Strategic Studies, ed. Routledge, London 05 February 2014, Chapter 5: Russia and Eurasia. The Military Balance 2015, International Institute for Strategic Studies, ed. Routledge, London 10 February 2015, Chapter 5: Russia and Eurasia.
Fig. 4. The structure of the Kazakhstan’s armed forces Source: R. McDermott, Kazakhstan’s 2011 Military Doctrine: Reassessing Regional and International Security, the Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO), Fort Leavenworth 2012, p. 5 http:// fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/Collaboration/international/McDermott/Kazakhstans-2011-military.pdf [accessed: 17 October 2014].
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