Editor's Foreword

160 ThE MiliTary BalancE 2010
capabilities
ACTIVE 7,200 (army 7,200) Paramilitary 4,500
REsERVE 3,800 (army 3,800)
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Army 7,200
1 Force Comd
fORCEs By ROLE
Inf 1 bde (3 mot inf bn, 1 arty bn, 1 recce coy, 1
log bn)
SF 1 unit
ISTAR 1 bn
Sigs 1 bn
Engr 1 bn
CBRN 1 bn
MP 1 bn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
MBT 70: 40 M-84; 30 T-55S1
APC (W) 124: 85 Valuk (Pandur); 39 Patria
ARTY 140
TOWED • 155mm 18 TN-90
MOR 116: 82mm 60; 120mm 56: 8 M-52; 16 M-74; 32
MN-9
AT • MSL • SP 24: 12 BOV-3 AT-3 9K11 Sagger; 12 BOV-3
AT-4 9K111 Spigot
MANPATS AT-3 9K11 Sagger; AT-4 9K111Spigot
reserves
Mtn Inf 1 bn (6 Coy)
Tk 1 bn
army Maritime Element 47
fORCEs By ROLE
Maritime 1 bn (part of Sp Comd)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • PB 1 Super
Dvora MKII
fACILITIEs
Base Located at Koper
air Element 530
fORCEs By ROLE
1 fixed wg sqn; 1 rotary wg sqn; 1 AD bn; 1 airspace
control bn; 1 avn school; 1 air maintenance coy; 1 mil
ATC coy. All at Cerklje air base except airspace control
bn at Brnik air base.
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 9 combat capable
TPT 3: 1 L-410 Turbolet; 2 PC-6 Turbo-Porter
TRG 11: 2 PC-9; 9 PC-9M*
HELICOPTERS
UTL 12: 4 AS 532AL Cougar; 8 Bell 412 Twin Huey
(some armed)
TRG 4 AB-206 (Bell 206) Jet Ranger
AD
SAM 138
SP 6 Roland II
MANPAD 132: 36 SA-16 Gimlet; 96 SA-18 Grouse
(Igla)
Paramilitary 4,500
Police 4,500 (armed); 5,000 reservists (total
9,500)
HELICOPTERS • UTL 5: 1 A-109; 2 AB-206 (Bell 206) Jet
Ranger; 1 AB-212 (Bell 212); 1 Bell 412 Twin Huey
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1991)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By
government (Art. 84 of Defence Act)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 130
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 26
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
LEBANON
UN • UNIFIL 14
MIDDLE EAsT
UN • UNTSO 2 obs
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 389; Army: 1 inf bn HQ;
2 mot inf coy; 1 engr gp
OSCE • Serbia 1
OSCE • Kosovo 1
spain ESP
Euro € 2008 2009 2010
GDP € 1.09tr 1.03tr
US$ 1.61tr 1.54tr
per capita US$ 39,769 38,082
Growth % 0.9 -3.8
inflation % 4.1 -0.1
Def exp a € 13.1bn
US$ 19.2bn
Def bdgt € 8.14bn 7.84bn
US$ 11.9bn 11.7bn
US$1=€ 0.68 0.67
a including military pensions plus extra budgetary expenditure
Population 40,525,000
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 7% 3% 3% 4% 24% 7%
Female 7% 3% 3% 4% 24% 9%