Editor's Foreword

MSL • SSM ε4 SS-21 Scarab (Tochka)
RADAR • LAND SNAR-1 Long Trough/SNAR-2/-6 Pork
Trough (arty); Small Fred/Small Yawn/SNAR-10 Big Fred
(veh, arty); GS-13 Long Eye (veh)
UAV 6: 3 Orbiter; 3 Aerostar
navy 2,200
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS
FS 1 Petya II with 2 RBU 6000 Smerch 2 (24 eff.), 4 76mm
gun
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 5
PSO 1 Luga (Woodnik 2 Class) (additional trg role)
PCO 2 Petrushka
PCC 1 Turk; 1 Point
PCI 1 Zhuk
MINE WARFARE • MINE COUNTERMEASURES 2
MSI 2 Yevgenya
AMPHIBIOUS 4
LSM 3: 2 Polnochny A (capacity 6 MBT; 180 troops); 1
Polynochny B (capacity 6 MBT; 180 troops)
LCU 1 Vydra† (capacity either 3 AMX-30 MBT or 200
troops)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT • ARS 1
FACILITIEs
Base Located at Baku
Air Force and Air Defence 7,900
FOrCEs by rOLE
Ftr 1 sqn with MiG-25 PD Foxbat; MiG-25PU Foxbat
FGA 1 regt with MiG-21 Fishbed; Su-25 Frogfoot; Su-24
Fencer; Su-17 Fitter; Su-25UB Frogfoot B
Tpt 1 sqn with An-12 Cub; Yak-40 Codling
Trg L-29 Delfin; L-39 Albatros; Su-17U Fitter
Hel 1 regt with Mi-24 Hind*; Mi-8 Hip; PZL Mi-2
Hoplite
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
AIRCRAFT 57 combat capable
FTR 37: 23 MiG-25PD Foxbat (+9 in store); 4 MiG-21
Fishbed (+1 in store)
FGA 15: 6 Su-25 Frogfoot; 5 Su-24 Fencer; 4 Su-17 Fitter
TPT 4: 1 An-12 Cub; 3 Yak-40 Codling
TRG 46: 28 L-29 Delfin; 12 L-39 Albatros; 3 MiG-25PU
Foxbat*; 1 Su-17U Fitter; 2 Su-25UB Frogfoot B*
HELICOPTERS
ATK 15 Mi-24 Hind*
SPT 20: 13 Mi-8 Hip; 7 PZL Mi-2 Hoplite
UAV 4 Aerostar
AD • SAM 100 SA-2 Guideline towed/S-125 Neva (SA-3
Goa)/S-200 Vega (SA-5 Gammon) static
Paramilitary ε15,000
Border Guard ε5,000
Ministry of Internal Affairs
AIFV 168 BMP-1/BMP-2
APC (W) 19 BTR-60/BTR-70/BTR-80
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 4
PFI 2 Stenka
PCI 2 (ex-US)
Militia 10,000+
Ministry of Internal Affairs
APC (W) 7 BTR-60/BTR-70/BTR-80
DEPLOyMEnT
non-naTO europe
177
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1995)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By parliament
upon proposal by president (Art. 109, No. 28)
AFghAnIsTAn
NATO • ISAF 90
sErbIA
OSCE • Kosovo 3
FOrEIgn FOrCEs
OSCE numbers represents total deployment in Armenia
and Azerbaijan unless stated
Bulgaria OSCE 1
Czech Republic OSCE 1
Hungary OSCE 1
Kazakhstan OSCE 1
Poland OSCE 1
United Kingdom OSCE 1
belarus BLR
Belarusian ruble r 2008 2009 2010
GDP r 128tr
US$ 60bn
per capita US$ 6,227
Growth % 10.0 -1.2
inflation % 14.8 13.0
Def bdgt r 1.44tr 1.67tr
US$ 674m 611m
US$1=r 2,136 2,743
Population 9,648,533
age 0 – 14 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 64 65 plus
Male 8% 4% 4% 4% 22% 5%
Female 8% 4% 4% 4% 24% 10%
capabilities
ACTIVE 72,940 (army 29,600 air 18,170 Joint
25,170) Paramilitary 110,000
Terms of service 9–12 months
rEsErVE 289,500 (Joint 289,500 with mil service
within last 5 years)
europe
(non-naTO)