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| Total Armed Forces |
175,000 |
450,000 |
104,000 |
320,000 |
| FY 99/00 Military Expenditures |
$8,700,000,000 |
$4,040,000,000 |
$608,900,000 |
$921,000,000 |
| 1999 Conventional Weapons Imports |
$1,205,000,000 |
748,000,000 |
44,000,000 |
20,000,000 |
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| Total Armed Forces |
NA |
540,000 |
587,000 |
NA |
| FY 99/00 Military Expenditures |
NA |
$5,787,000,000 |
$2,435,000,000 |
$NA |
| 1999 Conventional Weapons Imports |
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$67,000,000 |
$839,000,000 |
$NA |
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| Total Armed Forces |
55,000 |
163,000 |
639,000 |
1,175,000 |
| FY 99/00 Military Expenditures |
$343,000,000 |
$18,300,000,000 |
$10,600,000,000 |
$13,020,000,000 |
| 1999 Conventional Weapons Imports |
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$1,231,000,000 |
1,134,000,000 |
566,000,000 |
Sources:
CIA World Factbook www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
UNDP Human Development Report 2000, Table 16 http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2000/en/
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UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS
Military grants, loans, sales, and training from the US
(3)
($US)
FMF: Foreign Military Financing
"...U.S. government program for financing through grants or loans the
acquisition of U.S. military articles, services, and training...."
"...Congress appropriates FMF funds in the International Affairs Budget, the
Department of State allocates the funds for eligible friends and allies; and the
Department of Defense executes the program..." "Because FMF monies are used to
purchase U.S. military equipment and training, FMF contributes to a strong U.S.
defense industrial base...." Of the $39,635,561,000 FMF issued world wide
from 1990 to 1999, payment was waived for $35,945,448,000 or 90.7%
IMET: International Military Education and Training
"...component of U.S. security assistance that provides training on a grant
basis to students from allied and friendly nations." "Funding is appropriated
from the International Affairs budget of the Department of State."
MAP: Military Assistance Program
"That portion of the United States security assistance program authorized by
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which provides defense articles
and services to recipients on a nonreimbursable (grant) basis. Funding for MAP
was consolidated under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) Program beginning in
FY 1990."
FMS: Foreign Military Sales
"The Foreign Military Sales
(FMS) program is the government-to-government method for selling
U.S. defense equipment, services, and training."
Sources: DISAM — (Green Book); The Management of Security Assistance; 21st
Edition; June 2001 <http://web1.deskbook.osd.mil/default.asp>
DSCA web
site <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/>
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