ocr: Switzerland has one ofthe larg est armedforces in Eur - ope. Military service and turther training at int ervals is compulsory for males, up to the age - - of50. The army 1S organize d. so that bUU,00U conso cripts can be called up and armedin a few hours. The army still uses skis, bicycles andhorses to protect the Alps. Bridges and tunnels are mined with explosives 11 accordance with: a defense strat egy drafted earlier this century. However, as in the I rest ofEurope, force numbers are being cut - in: response to the end of the Cold War. By1995,the army willl - be two-thirds its current size ...
