Editor's Foreword

94 The MiLiTAry BALAnCe 2010
FGA 42: 10 A-37B Dragonfly; 2 M-2000DP (M-2000ED)
Mirage; 10 M-2000P (M-2000E) Mirage; 10 Su-25A Frogfoot
A†; 10 MB-339A
RECCE 6: 2 Learjet 36A; 4 C-26B
TKR 1 KC-707-323C
TPT 35: 6 An-32 Cline; 1 B-737; 2 DC-8-62F; 5 DHC-6 Twin
Otter; 1 Falcon 20F; 5 L-100-20; 1 PA-31T Navajo/Cheyenne
II; 8 PC-6 Turbo-Porter; 2 Y-12(II) (incl 4 in stiore)
TRG 50: 19 EMB-312 Tucano; 2 MiG-29UB Fulcrum*; 6
T-41A Mescalero/T-41D Mescalero; 15 Z-242; 8 Su-25UB
Frogfoot B†*
HELICOPTERS
ATK 16 Mi-24 Hind/Mi-25 Hind D
SPT 23: 10 Mi-17TM Hip H; 5 MI-8; 13 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT)
Hip H
UTL 33: 14 AB-212 (Bell 212); 10 Bo-105C; 8 Bell 206
JetRanger; 1 Bell 412 Twin Huey
TRG 6 Schweizer 300C
AD
SAM 100+: SA-3 Goa; 100+ Javelin
MSL
ASM AS-30
AAM AA-2 Atoll; AA-8 Aphid; AA-10 Alamo; AA-12
Adder; R-550 Magic
Paramilitary • National Police 77,000
(100,000 reported)
APC (W) 100 MOWAG Roland
General Police 43,000
Security Police 21,000
Technical Police 13,000
Coast Guard 1,000
Personnel included as part of Navy
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 21
PCC 5 Rio Nepena
PCI 16: 3 Dauntless less than 100 tonnes; 13 various
AIRCRAFT
TPT 2 F-27 Friendship
rondas Campesinas ε7,000 gp
Peasant self-defence force. Perhaps 7,000 rondas ‘gp’, up
to pl strength, some with small arms. Deployed mainly
in emergency zone.
SELECTED NON-STATE gROUPS
Sendero Luminoso Est strength: 500 Major equipments
include: mines and IEDs, SALW
DEPLOyMENT
CôTE D’IVOIRE
UN • UNOCI 3 obs
CyPRUS
UN • UNFICYP 2
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONgO
UN • MONUC 7 obs
HAITI
UN • MINUSTAH 207; 1 inf coy
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 2; 2 obs
SUDAN
UN • UNMIS 13 obs
Suriname SUR
Suriname Dollar gld 2008 2009 2010
GDP gld 6.39tr
US$ 2.3bn
per capita US$ 4,906
Growth % 6.0 1.5
inflation % 14.6 7.5
Def bdgt gld 85bn 107bn 134bn
US$ 31m 39m
US$1=gld 2,740 2,740
Population 481,267
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 15% 5% 5% 4% 19% 3%
Female 14% 5% 4% 4% 19% 3%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 1,840 (Army 1,400 navy 240 Air 200)
(All services form part of the army)
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
Army 1,400
FORCES By ROLE
Mech Cav 1 sqn
Inf 1 bn (4 inf coy)
MP 1 bn (coy)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
RECCE 6 EE-9 Cascavel
APC (W) 15 EE-11 Urutu
MOR 81mm 6
RCL 106mm: M-40A1
Navy ε240
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 8
PCI 3 Rodman† less than 100 tonnes
PBR 5
FACILITIES
Base Located at Paramaribo
Air Force ε200
FORCES By ROLE
MP 2 CASA 212-400 Aviocar*
Trg/Tpt 1 sqn with 1 BN-2 Defender*; 1 PC-7 Turbo Trainer*
Liaison 1 Cessna U-206 Stationair; 1 Cessna 182