Editor's Foreword

128 ThE MiliTary BalancE 2010
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 2 obs
MIDDLE EAsT
UN • UNTSO 11 obs
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 242: 1 inf gp (1 scout sqn,
1 inf coy)
UN • UNMIK 1 obs
sUDAN
UN • UNMIS 4; 8 obs
Estonia EST
Estonian Kroon kn 2008 2009 2010
GDP kn 248bn 214bn
US$ 23.2bn 20.2bn
per capita US$ 17,725 15,528
Growth % -3.6 -14.0
inflation % 10.2 0.0
Def exp kn 4.81bn
US$ 450m
Def bdgt kn 4.59bn 4.05bn 4.10bn
US$ 429m 382m
FMa (US) US$ 1.5m 1.5m 3.0m
US$1=kn 10.7 10.6
Population 1,299,371
Ethnic groups: Russian 26%; Ukrainian 2%; Belarussian 1%
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 8% 4% 4% 3% 21% 6%
Female 8% 4% 4% 3% 24% 11%
capabilities
ACTIVE 4750 (army 4,200 navy 300 air 250)
Defence League 10,766
REsERVE 25,000 (Joint 25,000)
Terms of service 8 months, officers and some specialists 11
months.
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Army 2,200; 2,000 conscript (total 4,200)
fORCEs By ROLE
4 Def region. All units except Scouts bn are reserve based
Inf 1(1st ) Bde (2 inf bn (Kalef, Scouts bn), CSS
bn); 3 bn (Kuperjanov, Viru, Guards bn)
Recce 1 bn
Arty 1 bn
AD 1 bn
Engr 1 bn
Defence League 10,766
15 Districts
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
APC (W) 88: 7 Mamba; 58 XA-180 Sisu; 20 BTR-80; 2 BTR-
70; 1 BTR-60
ARTY 335
TOWED 104:
105mm 38 M 61-37; 122mm 42 H63; 155mm 24 FH-70
MOR 230:
81mm 51: 41 B455; 10 NM95; 120mm 179: 14 2B11; 165
41D
AT
MANPAT Milan
RCL 160
106mm: 30 M-40A1; 90mm 130 PV-1110
AD
MANPAD SAM Mistral
fACILITIEs
Centre 1 (peace ops)
Navy 300 (inclusive of a platoon size conscript
unit)
LVA, EST and LTU have set up a joint Naval unit BALTRON
with bases at Liepaja, Riga, Ventspils (LVA), Tallinn (EST),
Klaipeda (LTU).
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS • CORVETTES
• FS 1 Admiral Pitka with 1 76mm gun
MINE WARFARE • MINE COUNTERMEASURES 4
MHC 3 Admiral Cowan (UK Sandown)
ML 1 Tasuja (DNK Lindormen)
fACILITIEs
Bases Located at Tallinn, Miinisadam
Air force 250
Flying hours
1 air base
120 hrs/year
fORCEs By ROLE
Recce 1 surv wg
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT
TPT 2 An-2 Colt
HELICOPTERS • UTL 4 R-44
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1992)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By parliament
(Art. 128). Also, International Military Cooperation Act
stipulates conditions for deployment abroad; parliament
decides deployment, unless otherwise provided for by international
agreement.
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF (RC S UKTF Helmand) 150; 1 mech inf coy
with 14 XA-180 Sisu; 1 mor det with 3 81mm