Editor's Foreword

RECCE 11: 6 Schweizer SA-2-37; 2 B-300 Super King Air;
3 Aero Commander
SURVEILLANCE 9: 5 Ce-650 Citation IV, 4 C-26B,
ELINT 2 Ce-208 Grand Caravan
MEDEVAC 3: 2 Ce-208B; 1 Super King Air 350C
TKR 2: 1 KC-767, 1 B707
TPT 28: 1 B-737-700 (BBJ); 1 B-707 tkr/tpt; 1 B767ER; 4
C-130B Hercules (plus 3 in store); 3 C-130H Hercules; 1
King Air C90; 4 C-212; 3 CN-235M; 4 C-295M; 1 Ce-208; 1
Ce-550; 2 C-95 (EMB-110P1); 1 F-28T; 1 Arava
TRG 17: 9 T-34; 8 T-37B. (25 Lancair FG on order)
LIAISON 22: 2 B-300 Super King Air (Medevac); 1 Ce-185
Floatplane; 2 Ce-210; 2 Ce-337G/H; 1 Ce-401; 3 Ce-404; 2
PA-31 Navajo; 1 PA-31T Navajo; 1 PA-42 Cheyenne; 4 PA-
34 Seneca; 1 PA-44 Seminole; 2 Turbo Commander 1000
HELICOPTERS
ATK 26: 1 MD-500MD Defender; 4 MD530MG Escorpion;
7 H369HM; 14 Sikorksy/Elbit AH-60L Arpia III
UTL 34: 16 UH-1H Iroquois; 8 H500C; 2 H500M; 2 UH-
60Q; 6 UH-1H
TPT 37: 7 UH-1P Huey II; 12 Bell 212 Twin Huey; 2 Bell
412HP/SP; 8 UH-60A Blackhawk; 8 UH-60L ordered
TRG 15: 11 Bell 206B3; 2 H500C; 1 H500ME; 1 Bell 212
UAV 7 Scan Eagle
MSL•AAM Python III; R530
Paramilitary 144,097
national Police Force 136,097
AIRCRAFT
ELINT 3: 1 Ce- 208B, 2 C-26B
TPT 26: 1 King 300; 2 King 200; 5 Caravan 208; 2 DHC
6 Twin Otter; 1 King Air C-99; 4 C-26; 1 Turbo Truck; 3
Ayres 52R; 6 Air Tractor AT-802
TRG 3 Cessna C-152; 5 Cessna 206
HELICOPTERS
UTL 67: 7 Bell 206L LongRanger; 12 Bell 212; 3 Bell
206B; 1 Bell 412; 2 MD 500D; 1 MD-530F; 25 UH-1H-II
Huey II; 7 UH-60L
rural Militia 8,000
SELECTED NON-STATE gROUPS
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)
Est. strength: 8,000 Major equipments include: improvised
mortars; improvised explosive devices; rocket propelled
grenades; mines; reports of some riverine capability,
reports of possible AT and MANPAD acquisition Ejercito
de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) Est. strength: 3,000 Major
equipments include: mines and IEDs; SALW Bandas
Criminales Emergente (BACRIM) Est. strength: 3,500
Major equipments include: SALW
DEPLOyMENT
EgyPT
MFO 354; 1 inf bn
FOREIgN FORCES
United States US Southern Command: Army 52; Navy 4;
USAF 9; USMC 19
Costa Rica CRI
Latin America and the Caribbean
Costa rican Colon C 2008 2009 2010
GDP C 15.6tr 16.7tr
US$ 29.7bn 28.6bn
per capita US$ 7,072 6,720
Growth % 2.6 -1.5
inflation % 13.4 8.4
Sy Bdgt a C 82bn 105bn 113bn
US$ 156m 180m
US$1=C 526 587
a No armed forces. Paramilitary budget
Population 4,253,877
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 15% 5% 5% 4% 19% 3%
Female 14% 5% 5% 4% 19% 3%
Capabilities
Paramilitary 9,800
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
Paramilitary 9,800
Civil Guard 4,500
Police 1 (tac) comisaria
Provincial 6 comisaria
Spec Ops 1 unit
Paramilitary 7 (Urban) comisaria (reinforced coy)
Border Police 2,500
Sy 2 (Border) comd (8 comisaria)
77
Coast Guard Unit 400
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 20+
PFC 1 Isla del Coco (US Swift 32m)
PCC 1 Astronauta (US Cape)
PCI 8: 5 less than 100 tonnes; 3 Point less than 100 tonnes
MISC BOATS/CRAFT 10 (various)
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Golfito, Punta Arenas, Cuajiniquil,
Quepos, Limbe, Moin
Air Surveillance Unit 400
AIRCRAFT
TPT 10: 1 DHC-7 Caribou; 2 PA-31 Navajo; 2 Cessna
T210 Centurion; 1 PA-34 Seneca ; 4 Cessna U-206G
Stationair
HELICOPTERS
UTL 2 MD-500E
rural Guard 2,000
Ministry of Government and Police. Small arms only
Paramilitary 8 comd
Latin America
and Caribbean