Armed Forces: In 1991 the People's Army included ground forces, air and air defense forces, and naval forces and comprised about 48,000 active-duty and 155,000 reserve personnel.
Ground Forces: Numbered about 35,000, including 20,000 conscripts. Organized along Soviet lines into four infantry brigades, one tank brigade, three artillery regiments, and six coastal artillery battalions. Tanks numbered about 190 and were old, Soviet-type T-34 and T-54s. Artillery was a mixture of outdated Soviet and Chinese origin equipment and consisted of towed artillery, mortars, multiple rocket launchers, and antitank guns. Infantry brigades operated 130 armored personnel carriers.
Air and Air Defense Forces: About 11,000 members, the majority of whom were officers assigned to air defense units, which also had about 1,400 conscripts assigned. Combat aircraft, supplied by China in the 1960s and early 1970s, numbered less than 100. Air Forces organized into three squadrons of fighterbombers , three squadrons of fighters, two squadrons of transports, and two squadrons of unarmed helicopters. Air Defense Forces manned about twenty-two Soviet made SA-2s at four sites.
Naval Forces: About 2,000 members, of which 1,000 were conscripts, organized into two coastal defense brigades. Thirtyseven patrol and coastal combatants, most of which were torpedo craft of Chinese origin. Two Soviet-made Whiskey-class submarines. One mine-warfare craft of Soviet origin.
Defense Budget: In 1991 about L1 billion or about 5 percent of Gross National Product and 10 percent of total government spending.
Internal Security Forces: In 1989 about 5,000 uniformed internal security troops, organized into five regiments of mechanized infantry, and another 5,000 plain-clothed officers. In July 1991 reorganized by People's Assembly.
Frontier Guards: About 7,000 members organized into several battalion-sized units.
Data as of April 1992