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| 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the triangular areas that extend north and south of the 1899 Treaty boundary along the 22nd Parallel, but have withdrawn their military presence - Egypt is economically developing and effectively administers the "Hala'ib triangle" north of the Treaty line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
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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