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Uzbekistan
National Security
Armed Forces: Best-equipped of Central Asian
forces. Ground forces have 20,400 troops, air force and air defense
forces have estimated 4,000 troops, border troops about 1,000,
National Guard about 700.
Major Military Units: One ground force corps,
divided into three motorized rifle brigades, one tank regiment,
one airborne brigade, one engineer brigade, and support units
for aviation, logistics, and communications.
Military Budget: 1995 estimate, US$315 million.
Internal Security: National Security Service
continues intelligence function of Soviet-era Committee for State
Security (KGB), with estimated 8,000 troops. Major crime problem
narcotics sales and transport, inadequately addressed in early
1990s. Regular police force has about 25,000 troops. Political
corruption and bribery widespread, including state procurator
and courts.
Data as of March 1996
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