Editor's Foreword

GUN/MOR 120mm 25 2S9 Anona
MRL 380: 122mm 200: 150 BM-21 Grad, 50 in store;
220mm 180 9P140 Uragan
MOR 120mm 145 2B11/M-120
AT • MSL • MANPATS AT-4 9K111 Spigot; AT-5 9K113
Spandrel; AT-6 9K115 Spiral
RL 73mm RPG-7 Knout
GUNS 100mm 68 MT-12/T-12
MSL • SSM 12 SS-21 Tochka (Scarab)
FACILITIES
Training centre 1
Navy 3,000
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS
PCI 14: 4 Almaty; 1 Dauntless; 5 Guardian; 2 Zhuk; 2 Turk
(AB25)
Air Force 12,000 (incl Air Defence)
1 air force div, 164 cbt ac, 14 atk hel
Flying hours 100 hrs/year
FORCES By ROLE
Comd regt with Tu-134 Crusty; Tu-154 Careless
Ftr 1 regt with MiG-29UB Fulcrum; 1 regt with MiG-
31 Foxhound; MiG-25 Foxbat
FGA 1 regt with Su-24 Fencer; 1 regt with Su-25
Frogfoot; 1 regt with Su-27 Flanker
Recce 1 regt with Su-24 Fencer*
Atk hel some regt with Mi-24V
Trg some regt with L-39 Albatros; Yak-18 Max
Hel some regt with Mi-171V5, Mi-8 Hip, UH-1H
SAM some regt with 100 SA-2 Guideline/SA-3 Goa;
SA-10 Grumble (quad); SA-4 Ganef/SA-5 Gammon;
SA-6 Gainful (60 eff.)
EQUIPmENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 162 combat capable
FTR 97: 42 MiG-31/MiG-31BM Foxhound; 39 MiG-29/UB
Fulcrum; 16 MiG-25 Foxbat
FGA 65: 14 Su-25 Frogfoot; 14 Su-24 Fencer; 12* Su-24
(recce); 25 Su-27 Flanker
TPT 3: 2 Tu-134 Crusty; 1 Tu-154 Careless
TRG 16: 12 L-39 Albatros; 4 Yak-18 Max
HELICOPTERS
ATK 40+ Mi-24V (first 9 upgraded)
SPT 76: 20 Mi-171V5; 50 Mi-8 Hip; 6 UH-1H
AD • SAM 147+
SP 47+: 20 SA-6 Gainful; 27+ SA-4 Ganef /SA-5 Gammon
static; SA-10 Grumble (quad)
TOWED 100 SA-2 Guideline; SA-3 Goa
MSL
ASM AS-10 Karen; AS-11 Kilter; AS-7 Kerry; AS-9 Kyle
ARM AS-11 Kilter
AAM AA-6 Acrid; AA-7 Apex; AA-8 Aphid; AA-12 (on
MiG-31BM)
Paramilitary 31,500
Government Guard 500
South and Central Asia
internal Security Troops ε20,000
Ministry of Interior
Presidential Guard 2,000
State Border Protection Forces ε9,000
Ministry of Interior.
HEL • SPT 1 Mi-171
DEPLOymENT
ARmENIA/AZERBAIjAN
OSCE • Minsk Conference 1
kyrgyzstan KGZ
365
Kyrgyzstani Som s 2008 2009 2010
GDP s 185bn
US$ 5.1bn
per capita US$ 946
Growth % 7.5 1.5
inflation % 24.5 8.0
Def bdgt s 1.7bn ε1.9bn
US$ 46m ε43m
FMA (US) US$ 0.8m 0.9m 2.9m
US$1=s 36.5 43.7
Population 5,431,747
ethnic groups: Kyrgyz 56%; Russian 17%; Uzbek 13%; Ukrainian 3%
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 16% 6% 5% 4% 15% 3%
Female 15% 6% 5% 4% 17% 4%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 10,900 (Army 8,500 Air 2,400) Paramilitary
9,500
Terms of service 18 months
ORGANISATIONS By SERVICE
Army 8,500
FORCES By ROLE
MR 2 bde; 1(mtn) bde
SF 1 bde
Arty 1 bde
AD 1 bde
EQUIPmENT By TyPE
MBT 150 T-72
RECCE 30 BRDM-2
AIFV 320: 230 BMP-1; 90 BMP-2
APC (W) 35: 25 BTR-70; 10 BTR-80
ARTY 246
SP 122mm 18 2S1 Carnation
TOWED 141: 100mm 18 M-1944; 122mm 107: 72 D-30;
35 M-30 M-1938; 152mm 16 D-1
South and
Central Asia