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Uganda
-- Defenses
The
president
has operational
command
over all
military
forces.
Below him
is the
army chief
of staff
and then
the commanders
of the
air force.
The Ugandan
armed forces
have about
18,000
personnel
(1992 estimate).
There is
not a lot
of information
since the
fall of
the second
Obote presidency
available
on Uganda's
defense
structure.
In 1993
military
expenditure
was $56
million;
1.7% of
the GDP.
Units and
equipment
include:
three headquarter
brigades,
18 infantry
battalions
with 13
tanks,
150 armored
personnel
carriers,
80 guns,
40 antitank
weapons,
and 40
air defense
guns. The
air force
has six
training
planes
but no
operational
squadrons.
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