Editor's Foreword

158 ThE MiliTary BalancE 2010
MSI 6 VD 141 (used for River MCM)
MINELAYERS • ML 1 Cosar with up to 100 mines
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 10: 3 AOL; 2 AE; 1 AGOR;
1 AGS; 2 AGF; 1 AXS
fACILITIEs
Base Located at Tulcea, Braila (Danube), Mangalia,
Constanta (coast)
naval infantry
fORCEs By ROLE
Naval inf 1 bn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
APC (W) 16: 13 ABC-79M; 3 TABC-79M
Air force 9,700
Flying hours 120 hrs/year
fACILITIEs
Air bases 3 combat air bases with Lancer and Puma.
1 Tpt air base
1 Trg air base
fORCEs By ROLE
HQ (AF) 1 AF HQ: 1 (op) air ops centre, 1 AD bde, 1
engr regt
Ftr 2 sqn with MiG-21 Lancer C
FGA 4 sqn with MiG-21 Lancer A/Lancer B
Tpt/survey/
spt hel
1 tpt ac sqn with An-24 Coke, An-26 Curl,1
An-30 Clank; C-130 B/H Hercules, C-27J
Spartan; 2 multi-role hel sqns with IAR-330
Puma SOCAT; 1 tpt hel with IAR-330 (SA-
330) Puma
Trg 1 sqn with IAR-99 Soim; 1 sqn with IAK-52;
1 sqn with 12 An-2; 1 sqn with IAR-316B
(Alouette III)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 49 combat capable
FTR 20 MiG-21 Lancer C
FGA 29 MiG-21 Lancer A/B
TPT 12: 1 C-130H; 4 C-130B Hercules; 2 C-27J Spartan (5
more on order); 4 An-26 Curl; 1 An-30 Clank
TRG 43: 10 IAR-99; 11 IAR-99 Soim; 12 IAK-52; 10 An-2
HELICOPTERS
SPT 58: 23 IAR-330 Puma SOCAT; 35 IAR-330 (SA-330)
Puma
UTL 6 IAR-316B (SA-316B) Alouette III
AD • SAM 6 SA-2 Guideline; 8 HAWK PIP III
MSL
AAM R-550 Magic 2; Python 3; AA-8 Aphid; AA-11
Archer; AA-2 Atoll
ASM SPIKE-ER
Paramilitary 79,900
Border Guards 22,900 (incl conscripts)
Ministry of Interior
Gendarmerie ε57,000
Ministry of Interior
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1991)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By parliament
(Art. 62); or b) by president upon parliamentary approval
(Art. 92)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 990; Army: 1 mtn inf bde HQ; 1 inf bn;
some TAB-77; some TABC-79; some Piranha IIIC
Operation Enduring Freedom 37
UN • UNAMA 1 obs
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 56
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
CôTE D’IVOIRE
UN • UNOCI 7 obs
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Of CONgO
UN • MONUC 22 obs
IRAQ
NATO • NTM-I 3
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 2 obs
NEPAL
UN • UNMIN 7 obs
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 145 ; 1 AB coy
OSCE • Kosovo 4
UN • UNMIK 2 obs
sUDAN
UN • UNMIS 1; 10 obs
slovakia SVK
Slovak Koruna Ks 2008 2009 2010
GDP Ks 2.02tr 61.0bn
US$ 95bn 91bn
per capita US$ 17,453 16,666
Growth % 6.4 -4.7
inflation % 4.6 1.5
Def exp Ks 31.4bn
US$ 1.47bn
Def bdgt Ks 31.2bn 980m 986m
US$ 1.46bn 1.46bn
FMa (US) US$ 1.0m 1.0m 1.5m
US$1=Ks /€ from 2009 21.3 0.67
Population 5,463,046
Ethnic groups: Hungarian 11%; Romany ε5%; Czech 1%
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 9% 4% 4% 4% 23% 5%
Female 8% 4% 4% 4% 24% 7%