Egypt Military Information
| Military branches: |
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command |
Military manpower - military age:
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20 years of age (2004 est.) |
| Military manpower - availability: |
males age 15-49: 20,340,716 (2004 est.) |
| Military manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 15-49: 13,148,944 (2004 est.) |
| Military manpower - reaching military age annually: |
males: 756,233 (2004 est.) |
| Military expenditures - dollar figure: |
$2,443.2 million (2003) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
3.6% (2003) |
Egypt Transnational Issues
| Disputes - international: |
Egypt and Sudan retain claims to administer the triangular areas that extend north and south of the 1899 Treaty boundary along the 22nd Parallel, but have withdrawn their military presence - Egypt is economically developing and effectively administers the "Hala'ib triangle" north of the Treaty line |
Illicit drugs:
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transit point for Southwest Asian and Southeast Asian heroin and opium moving to Europe, Africa, and the US; transit stop for Nigerian couriers; concern as money-laundering site due to lax financial regulations and enforcement |
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