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Turkmenistan
National Security
Armed Forces: All personnel except officers
conscripts. Turkmenistan army, includes about 11,000 Turkmen personnel
(under joint Turkmen-Russian control); 12,000 Russian troops also
present, 1995. Air force has 2,000 men, plus substantial Russian
force remaining in country pending final distribution. Coastal
defense force is included in multinational Caspian Flotilla. Border
Guard, under joint Turkmen and Russian command, has 5,000 personnel,
mainly on Afghan and Iranian borders.
Major Military Units: Army consists of one corps,
including three motorized rifle divisions, one artillery brigade,
one multiple rocket launcher regiment, one antitank regiment,
three engineer regiments, one helicopter squadron, and signal,
reconnaissance, and logistics support units. Air force includes
four regiments, 175 combat aircraft; air defense force has two
fighter regiments; air and air defense organization contingent
on negotiations with Russia on disposition of former Soviet forces.
Military Budget: Estimated 1995, US$61 million.
Internal Security: Committee for National Security
continues as main security force similar to Soviet-era Turkmenistan
Committee for State Security (KGB). Ministry of Internal Affairs
administers regular police, working closely with Committee for
National Security in matters of national security. Criminal investigation
under procurator's offices, not regular police, who have only
routine functions. As in Soviet system, procurators investigate
and prosecute crimes. Rule of law hampered by judiciary's subordinate
position to executive branch and lack of independent judicial
tradition.
Data as of March 1996
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