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- South Africa: Military
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: South Africa
- Defense Forces</hdr><body>
- <p>Branches: South African Defense Force (SADF; including Army,
- Navy, Air Force, Medical Services), South African Police (SAP)
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- <p>Manpower availability: males age 15-49 10,294,211; fit for
- military service 6,279,190; reach military age (18) annually
- 425,477 (1993 est.); obligation for service in Citizen Force or
- Commandos begins at 18; black and white volunteers for service
- in permanent force must be 17; national service obligation for
- white conscripts is one year; figures include the so-called
- homelands not recognized by the US
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- <p>Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.9 billion,
- about 2.5% of GDP (FY93 budget)
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