Editor's Foreword

434 THE MILITARY BALANCE 2010
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
AIRCRAFT 219 combat capable
FTR 140 MiG-21bis Fishbed L & N
FGA 64: 4 Su-30MKK Flanker; 7 Su-27SK Flanker; 53 Su-
22M-3/M-4 Fi�er (some recce dedicated)
ASW 4 Be-12 Mail
TPT 28: 12 An-2 Colt; 12 An-26 Curl; 4 Yak-40 Codling
(VIP)
TRG 43: 10 BT-6 (Yak-18) Max; 18 L-39 Albatros; 10 MiG-
21UM Mongol B*; 5 Su-27UBK Flanker*
HELICOPTERS
ATK 26 Mi-24 Hind
ASW 13: 3 Ka-25 Hormone*; 10 Ka-28* (Ka-27PL) Helix A
SPT 48: 2 KA-32 Helix C; 4 Mi-6 Hook; 30 MI-17 (Mi-8MT)
Hip H/Mi-8 Hip Spt; 12 UH-1H Iroquois
SAR 4 PZL W-3 Sokol
AD • SAM
SP SA-6 Gainful
TOWED SA-2 Guideline; SA-3 Goa
MANPAD SA-7 Grail; SA-16 Gimlet
GUNS 37mm; 57mm; 85mm; 100mm; 130mm
MSL
ASM AS-14 Kedge; AS-17 Krypton; AS-18 Kazoo; AS-9
Kyle
AAM AA-10 Alamo; AA-12 Adder; AA-2 Atoll; AA-8
Aphid
FACILITIES
SAM site 66 with SA-16 Gimlet MANPAD/SA-2
Guideline Towed/SA-3 Goa/SA-6 Gainful
SP/SA-7 Grail MANPAD
Paramilitary 40,000 active
Border Defence Corps ε40,000
Local Forces ε5,000,000 reservists
Incl People’s Self-Defence Force (urban units), People’s
Militia (rural units); comprises of static and mobile cbt
units, log spt and village protection pl; some arty, mor
and AD guns; acts as reserve.