Australia
Total Military Force
Active: 53,650
Reserves: 20,300
Army (26,600)
LAND COMMAND
1 Land Command HQ
1 Deployable Foint Force HQ, 3 Brigade HQs, 3 Combat Service Support Regiment, 1 Joint Support Regiment, 1 Electronic Warfare Regiment, 1 Armed Regiment, 2 Recon Regiments, 6 Infantry Battalions, 1 Independant APC Squad, 1 Medium Artillery Regiment, 2 Field Artillery Regiments, 1 Air Defense Regiment, 3 Combat Engineering Regiments, 3 Regional Units, 1 Aviation Brigade HQ, 2 Aviation Regiments, 1 Aviation Squadron, 1 Logistic Support Force HQ, 3 Combat Service Support Battalion, 3 Force Support Battalions
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
1 Special Operations HQ
1 Special Forces Regiment, 2 Commando Battalion, 1 Incidental Responce Regiment
Navy (12,850)
Bases: Sydney (Maritime Command HQ), Stirling, Cairns, Darwin, Flinders, Jervis Bay, Noura
Air Force (14,200)
161 Combat Aircrafts, 0 Armed Helocopters
Forces Abroad and Foreign Forces
Independant
Advisers in: Fiji, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, West Samoa, Kiribati, Thailand
Malaysia: 115
Papua New Guinea: 38 training unit
Iraq: 1,000
UN
UNAMA (Afghanistan): 1 observer
UNMISET (East Timor): 824 including 11 observers
MFO (Egypt): 25
UNMEE (Ethiopia/Eritrea): 2
UNTSO (Middle East): 11 observers
ANODE (Solomon Islands): 1,500
The following forces are currently stationed in the Australia:
US: 110
New Zealand: 9
Singapore: 230
Paramilitary
Austalian Customs Service
Strategic Force
Austalia is not known to have or be pursuing nuclear weapon capabilities.
| Australia * |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| GDP |
358bn |
401bn |
|
| Defense Exp |
7.0bn |
8.0bn |
|
| Defense Bdgt |
7.4bn |
8.0bn |
9.9bn |
* All figures in US dollars.
Links:
Australian Department of Defence
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
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