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Hungary Paramilitary Programs
In the late 1980s, the MHSz gave lessons and courses
related
to defense and civil defense, and it aided in the
premilitary
training of young people and in the military training for
reservists. The MHSz resembled the Soviet Voluntary
Society for
Cooperation with the Army, Air Force, and Navy
(Dobrovol'noe
Obshchestvo Sodeistviia Armii, Aviatsii, i Flotu--DOSAAF).
In small villages, men were required to take part in
weapons
training, using air guns, at least once a year. All adults
were
also obliged to participate in civil defense drills, using
gas
masks.
In the cities, workers in large organizations formed
"civil
defense chains," a system of notifying co-workers to meet
at a
prearranged place during a civil emergency. Every year
each
workplace held at least one civil defense drill.
Data as of September 1989
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