Editor's Foreword

capabilities
ACTIVE 16,531 (army 7,322 air 4,190 cental Staff
1,462 Support and Training 3,557)
Terms of service 6 months
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Army 7,322
1 Land Forces Comd HQ
fORCEs By ROLE
Mech inf 1 bde (1st )( 3 mech inf bn (11th , 12th 13th ), 1 log
spt bn); 1 bde (2nd ) (2 mech inf bn (21st 22nd ),
1 tk bn, 1 mixed SP arty bn ,1 log spt bn)
Recce 1 (5th Special) regt
Arty 1 MBL bn
Engr 1 bn
NBC 1 bn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
MBT 245 T-72M
AIFV 383: 292 BMP-1; 91 BMP-2
APC 132:
APC (T) 108 OT-90
APC (W) 24: 17 OT-64; 7 Tatrapan (6x6)
ARTY 340
SP 193:122mm 1 2S1 Carnation; 45 in store; 152mm 131:
119 M-77 Dana; 12 in store; 155mm 16 M-2000 Zuzana
TOWED 122mm 51 D-30
MRL 84: 122mm 59 RM-70; 122/227mm 25 RM-70/85
MODULAR
MOR 120mm 12: 8 M-1982; 4 PRAM SPM
AT
MANPATS 425: AT-3 9K11 Sagger/AT-5 9K113
Spandrel
SP 9S428 with Malyutka Sagger on BMP-1; 9P135 Fagot
on BMP-2; 9P148 with Spandrel on BRDM
AD
SAM • TOWED SA-13 Gopher
SP 48 SA-13 Gopher
MANPADS SA-16 Gimlet; SA-7 Grail
RADAR • LAND SNAR-10 Big Fred (veh, arty)
Air force 4,190
Flying hours 90 hrs/yr for MiG-29 pilots (NATO
Integrated AD System); 140 hrs/yr for Mi-
8/17 crews (reserved for EU & NATO), min
20hrs/yr for remainder
Air Bases Sliac tac wg; Presov hel wg; Kuchyna tpt wg
fORCEs By ROLE
Ftr 1 wg with MiG-29/UB/ SD/AS Fulcrum
Trg L-39 Albatros
Hel 1 wg with Mi-24D Hind D/Mi-24V Hind E*;
Mi-8 Hip; Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip H; PZL MI-2 Hoplite
AD 1 bde with SA-10B Grumble; SA-6 Gainful; SA-7
Grail
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 22 combat capable
naTO Europe
159
FTR 22 MiG-29 /MiG-29 UB Fulcrum (12 MiG-29SD/AS
modernised to NATO standard)
TRG 15 L-39 Albatross
HELICOPTERS
ATK 16 Mi-24D Hind D/Mi-24V Hind E
SPT 21: 14 Mi-17 Hip H; 1 Mi-8 Hip; 6 PZL MI-2 Hoplite
AD • SAM
SP SA-10B Grumble; SA-6 Gainful
MANPAD SA-7 Grail
MSL
AAM AA-8 Aphid; AA-11 Archer; AA-10 Alamo
ASM S5K/S5KO (57mm rockets); S8KP/S8KOM (80mm
rockets)
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1992)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By the
parliament (Art. 86)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 245
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 32
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
CyPRUs
UN • UNFICYP 196; elm 1 inf coy; 1 engr pl
MIDDLE EAsT
UN • UNTSO 2 obs
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 145; Army: 1 inf coy
OSCE • Serbia 1
OSCE • Kosovo 1
slovenia SVN
Slovenian Tolar t 2008 2009 2010
GDP t/€ 37bn 35.4bn
US$ 54bn 53bn
per capita US$ 27,100 26,343
Growth % 3.5 -4.7
inflation % 5.9 0.5
Def exp t 567m
US$ 834m
Def bdgt t 546m 589m
US$ 802m 879m
US$1=€ 0.68 0.67
Population 2,005,692
Ethnic groups: Croat 2.8%; Serb 2.4%
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 7% 3% 4% 4% 25% 6%
Female 7% 3% 3% 4% 25% 9%
Europe (naTO)