Editor's Foreword

90 The MiLiTAry BALAnCe 2010
AD • SAM • MANPAD 200+ SA-14 Gremlin/SA-16 Gimlet/
SA-7 Grail
Navy ε800
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 24
PFI 5: 3 Dabur less than 100 tonnes; 2 Zhuk† less than
100 tonnes (FSU)
PBR 19 Assault Craft
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Corinto, Puerto Cabezzas, El Bluff
Air Force 1,200
FORCES By ROLE
Tpt sqn with An-2 Colt; An-26 Curl; Cessna 404 Titan
(VIP)
Trg/Utl some sqn with T-41D Mescalero
ADA 1 gp with ZU-23; C3-Morigla M1
Hel some sqn with Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip H (VIP/tpt/
armed)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT
TPT 6: 1 An-2 Colt; 4 An-26 Curl; 1 Cessna 404 Titan
(VIP)
TRG 1 T-41D Mescalero
HELICOPTERS
SPT 16: 1 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip H (VIP); 3 (tpt/armed);
12† (tpt/armed). 2 Mi-17 on order
AD • GUNS 36: 18 ZU-23; 18 C3-Morigla M1
MSL • ASM AT-2 Swatter
Panama PAN
Panamanian
Balboa B
2008 2009 2010
GDP B 23.2bn 23.5bn
US$ 23.2bn 23.5bn
per capita US$ 7,010 6,993
Growth % 9.2 1.8
inflation % 8.8 2.3
Def bdgt B 226m 269m
US$ 226m 269m
US$1=B 1.0 1.0
Population 3,360,474
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 16% 5% 4% 4% 19% 3%
Female 15% 5% 4% 4% 18% 3%
Capabilities
Paramilitary 12,000
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
Paramilitary 12,000
national Police Force 11,000
No hy mil eqpt, small arms only
Police 18 coy
SF 1 unit (reported)
Paramilitary 8 coy
Presidential Guard 1 bn under strength
MP 1 bn
national Maritime Service ε600
FORCES By ROLE
Air Wing 1 HQ located at Amador
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 45
PCO 1 Independencia (US Balsam class)
PCC 5: 2 Panquiaco (UK Vosper 31.5m); 3 (various)
PCI 10: 3 Chiriqui less than 100 tonnes (US); 1 Negrita
less than 100 tonnes; 5 Tres De Noviembre less than 100
tonnes (US Point); 1 US MSB Class (MSB 5)
PBR 29: 4( Nor-Tech 43); 25 various
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Amador, Balboa, Colón
national Air Service 400
FORCES By ROLE
Tpt sqn with BN-2B Islander; CASA 212M Aviocar;
PA-34 Seneca; Presidential flt with Gulfstream II;
S-76C
Trg unit with T-35D Pillan, Cessna 152/172
Hel sqn with Bell 205; Bell 212; UH-1H Iroquois
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT
TPT 9: 1 BN-2B Islander; 5 CASA 212M Aviocar; 1
Gulfstream II; 2 PA-34 Seneca
TRG 6 T-35D Pillan; 1 Cessna 152, 1 Cessna 172
HELICOPTERS
TPT 2 S-76C
UTL 21: 2 Bell 205; 6 Bell 212; 13 UH-1H Iroquois
Paraguay PRY
Paraguayan
Guarani Pg
2008 2009 2010
GDP Pg 69.7tr 69.2tr
US$ 16.0bn 14.1bn
per capita US$ 2,339 2,020
Growth % 5.5 -4.5
inflation % 10.2 2.8
Def bdgt Pg 576bn 625bn
US$ 132m 127m
US$1=Pg 4,363 4,900
Population 6,995,655
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 19% 5% 4% 4% 16% 2%
Female 19% 5% 4% 4% 15% 3%