Taiwan Defense Forces - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Branches: Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, Combined Services Force

MiHtary manpower: males 15-49,5,301,000; 4,167,000 fit for military service; about 215,000 currently reach military age (19) annually

Military budget· announced expenditures for national defense for fiscal year ending 30 June 1986, $4.0 billion; about 39.1 % of central government budget; however, total military expenditures may be closer to $4.7 billion or about 50% of the central government budget

NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan 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 Taiwan 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.