Philippines Defense Forces - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Constabulary—Integrated National Police

Military manpower: males 15-49, 14,553 000; 10,315,000 fit for military service, about 610,000 reach military age (20) annually

Supply: limited small arms and small arms ammunition, small patrol craft production; licensed assembly of transport aircraft; most other materiel obtained from US; naval ships and equipment from Australia, Japan, Singapore, US, and FRG; aircraft and helicop ters from FRG, US, Italy, Australia, and the Netherlands

Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1986, $569 million; about 15.7% of central government budget

NOTE: The information regarding Philippines on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Philippines 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Philippines 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.