Editor's Foreword

PCC 60 PC-Type
PCI 174: 170 CL-Type; 4 FM-Type
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 74: 4 ABU; 13 AGHS; 54
small tenders; 3 Trg
AIRCRAFT
MP 2 Falcon 900
SAR 2 SAAB 340B
TPT 17: 10 LR-2 (Beech 350) Super King Air; 5 Beech
200T; 2 Gulfstream V (MP)
UTL 6: 1 Cessna U-206G Stationair; 5 YS-11A
HELICOPTERS
SPT 4 AS-332 Super Puma
UTL 40: 4 Bell 206B JetRanger II; 26 Bell 212; 8 Bell 412
Twin Huey; 3 S-76C
DEPLOYMENT
ARABIAN GULF AND INDIAN OCEAN
Maritime Security Operations 3 DDG; 1 AOE
MIDDLE EAST
UN • UNDOF 31; elm 1 log bn
NEPAL
UN • UNMIN 6 obs
SUDAN
UN • UNMIS 2
FOREIGN FORCES
United States US Pacific Command: Army 2,548; 1 HQ
(9th Theater Army Area Command) located at Zama Navy
3,708; 1 CVN; 2 CG; 8 DDG; 1 LCC; 2 MCM; 1 LHD; 2 LSD;
1 base located at Sasebo; 1 base located at Yokosuka USAF:
12,758; 1 HQ (5th Air Force) located at Okinawa–Kadena
AB; 1 ftr wg located at Okinawa–Kadena AB (2 ftr sqn with
total of 18 F-16 Fighting Falcon located at Misawa AB); 1
ftr wg located at Okinawa–Kadena AB (1 SAR sqn with 8
HH-60G Pave Hawk, 1 AEW sqn with 2 E-3B Sentry, 2 ftr
sqn with total of 24 F-15C Eagle/F-15D Eagle); 1 airlift wg
located at Yokota AB with 10 C-130E Hercules; 2 C-21J; 1
special ops gp located at Okinawa–Kadena AB USMC
14,378; 1 Marine div (3rd); 1 ftr sqn with 12 F/A-18D Hornet;
1 tkr sqn with 12 KC-130J Hercules; 2 spt hel sqn with 12
CH-46E Sea Knight; 1 spt hel sqn with 12 MV-22B Osprey; 3
spt hel sqn with 10 CH-53E Sea Stallion
East Asia and Australasia
Korea, Democratic People’s
Republic of DPRK
411
North Korean Won 2008 2009 2010
GDP US$ n.a.
per capita US$ n.a.
Def bdgt won n.a.
US$1=won
US$ n.a.
de�nitive economic data not available
Population 22,665,345
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 12% 4% 4% 3% 22% 3%
Female 12% 4% 4% 3% 23% 5%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 1,106,000 (Army 950,000 Navy 46,000 Air
110,000) Paramilitary 189,000
Terms of service Army 5–12 years Navy 5–10 years Air Force
3–4 years, followed by compulsory part-time service to age
40. Thereafter service in the Worker/Peasant Red Guard to
age 60.
RESERVE 4,700,000 (Army 600,000, Armed Forces
4,035,000 Navy 65,000), Paramilitary 3,500,000
Reservists are assigned to units (see also Paramilitary)
ORGANISATIONS BY SERVICE
Army ε950,000
FORCES BY ROLE
Army corps tps: 14 arty bde (incl 122mm,
152mm, SP, MRL); 1 (FROG) SSM regt;
1 Scud SSM bde, 6 hy arty bde (incl
MRL)
Armd 1 corps; 15 bde
Mech 4 corps
Inf 12 corps; 27 div; 14 bde
Arty 2 corps; 21 bde
MRL 9 bde
Capital Defence 1 corps
Special Purpose Forces Command 88,000
Army 6 sniper bde
Recce 17 bn
Amph 2 sniper bde
SF 8 Bureau of Reconnaissance bn
Lt inf 9 bde
AB 2 sniper bde; 3 bde; 1 bn
Reserves 600,000
Inf 40 div; 18 bde
East Asia and
Australasia