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Romania NATIONAL SECURITY
Armed Forces: Three military districts: Cluj,
Bacau,
Bucharest. Active-duty forces small (1 soldier per 128
citizens).
Large reserve and paramilitary formations. All services
controlled
by Ministry of National Defense.
Ground Forces: In 1989 numbered 140,000
(two-thirds
conscripts). Eight motorized rifle divisions, two tank
divisions,
four mountain infantry brigades, four airborne regiments.
Air Force: 32,000 personnel in 1989 (less than
one-third
conscripts). Divided into three tactical divisions, each
with two
regiments. Air force controls ground-based air defense
network of
surface-to-air missiles.
Naval Forces: More than 7,500 personnel in 1989,
organized into Black Sea Fleet, Danube Squadron,
shore-based
Coastal Defense. Major naval bases and shipyards Mangalia
and
Constanta; Danube anchorages at Braila, Giurgiu, Sulina,
Galati,
Tulcea.
Border Guards: In 1989 force of 20,000,
organized into
twelve brigades, equipped as motorized infantry troops.
Equipment: Traditionally supplied by Soviet
Union. In
1985 government claimed more than two-thirds produced
domestically.
Reserves: In 1989 about 4.5 million men eighteen
to fifty
years old.
Paramilitary: In 1989 Patriotic Guards (combined
national
guard and civil defense organization) numbered about
700,000 men
and women. Subordinate to Romanian Communist Party and
Union of
Communist Youth.
Foreign Military Treaties: Member of Warsaw
Treaty
Organization; no troop maneuvers on Romanian soil after
invasion of
Czechoslovakia in 1968. Bilateral treaties with Soviet
Union,
German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Poland,
Bulgaria, and
Hungary.
Internal Security: Ministry of Interior controls
municipal and traffic police, fire fighters, largest
secret police
in Eastern Europe on per capita basis, and 20,000-member
special
security force guarding communications centers and party
offices.
Data as of July 1989
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