Editor's Foreword

186 The MiliTary Balance 2010
Air Corps 850
FOrCEs by rOLE
Air 2 ops wg; 2 spt wg; 1 comms and info sqn; 1 air
corps college
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
AIRCRAFT
MP 2 CASA 235 MPA
Police Support 1 BN Defender 4000
TPT 3: 1 Beech 200 Super King Air; 1 Gulfstream GIV; 1
Learjet 45 (VIP)
UTL 5 Cessna FR-172H
TRG 8 PC-9M
HELICOPTERS:
UTL 10: 2 EC135 P2 (incl trg/medevac); 6 AW139; 1
EC135 T2 ; 1 AS 355N (police support)
DEPLOyMEnT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1937)
Specific legislation: ‘Defence (Amendment) Act’ 2006
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: a) By
parliament; b) by government if scenario for deployment
corresponds with conditions laid out in Art.3 of 2006
‘Defence (Amendment) Act’ which exempts from
parliamentary approval deployments for purposes of
participation in exercises abroad; monitoring, observation,
advisory or reconnaissance missions; and ‘humanitarian
operations ‘in response to actual or potential disasters or
emergencies.
AFghAnIsTAn
NATO • ISAF 7
bOsnIA-hErzEgOVInA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 43
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 5
CEnTrAL AFrICAn rEPUbLIC/ChAD
UN • MINURCAT 427; elm 1 inf bn
CôTE D’IVOIrE
UN • UNOCI 2 obs
DEMOCrATIC rEPUbLIC OF COngO
UN • MONUC 3 obs
LEbAnOn
UN • UNIFIL 8
MIDDLE EAsT
UN • UNTSO 12 obs
sErbIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 233; 1 mech inf coy; 1 log
coy
OSCE • Serbia 2
OSCE • Kosovo 7
WEsTErn sAhArA
UN • MINURSO 3 obs
Macedonia, Former yugoslav
republic FYROM
Macedonian Denar d 2008 2009 2010
GDP d 390bn 379bn
US$ 9.3bn 9.1bn
per capita US$ 4,526 4,387
Growth % 4.9 -2.5
inflation % 8.5 -0.5
Def bdgt d 8.02bn 7.0bn 7.3bn
US$ 191m 167m
FMa (US) US$ 2.8m 2.8m 6.0m
US$1=d 41.8 41.8
Population 2,066,718
age 0 – 1 4 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 64 65 plus
Male 11% 4% 4% 4% 22% 5%
Female 10% 4% 4% 4% 22% 6%
capabilities
ACTIVE 8,000
rEsErVE 4,850
OrgAnIsATIOns by sErVICE
Joint Operational Command 8,000
army
FOrCEs by rOLE
2 Corps HQ (cadre)
Tk 1 bn
Inf 2 bde
SF 1 (Special Purpose unit 1 SF bn, 1 Ranger bn)
Arty 1 (mixed) regt
Security 1 MP bn
AD 1 coy
Sig 1 bn
NBC 1 coy
logistic Support command
Log 3 bn
Engr 1 bn (1 active coy0
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
MBT 31: 31 T-72A
RECCE 51: 10 BRDM-2; 41 M-1114 HMMWV
AIFV 11: 10 BMP-2; 1 BMP-2K
APC 201
APC (T) 47: 9 Leonidas; 28 M-113A; 10 MT-LB
APC (W) 154: 58 BTR-70; 12 BTR-80; 84 TM-170
Hermelin
ARTY 879
TOWED 70: 105mm 14 M-56; 122mm 56 M-30 M-1938
MRL 17: 122mm 6 BM-21; 128mm 11