|
Air force
personnel |
22,000 |
[18th of 49] |
|
Air force personnel (per capita) |
0.382 per 100 population |
[2nd of 49] |
|
Armed
forces growth |
4 |
[64th of 132] |
|
Armed
forces personnel |
76,000 |
[47th of 166] |
|
Armed forces personnel (per capita) |
13.1807 per 1,000 people |
[17th of 166] |
|
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ |
38,000,000 constant 1990 US$
|
[24th of 45] |
|
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) |
6,751.159 constant 1990 US$ per 1 |
[22nd of 83] |
|
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ |
74,000,000 constant 1990 US$
|
[41st of 100] |
|
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) |
12.892 constant 1990 US$ per c |
[22nd of 170] |
|
Army
personnel |
35,000 |
[35th of 49] |
|
Army
personnel (per capita) |
6.07007 per 1,000 people |
[14th of 49] |
|
Branches
Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army), Libyan Arab Navy, Libyan Arab Air
Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriya al-Arabia al-Libyya, LAAF)
|
|
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications >
Ratification |
06 JAN 2004 |
|
|
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications >
Signature |
13 NOV 2001 |
|
|
Conscription
Conscription
exists (AI).
|
|
Conventional arms imports |
$74,000,000.00 |
[39th of 85] |
|
Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP) |
1.974 per $1,000 |
[14th of 85] |
|
Conventional arms imports (per capita) |
12.834 per 1 population |
[17th of 85] |
|
expenditure > % of GDP |
1.88 % |
[58th of 145] |
|
expenditure > current LCU |
740000000 |
|
|
Expenditures
|
3.9 % of GDP |
[14th of 87] |
|
Expenditures > Dollar figure |
$1,300,000,000.00 |
[9th of 111] |
|
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) |
$42.64 per 1,000 $ of GDP |
[2nd of 111] |
|
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) |
$249.87 per capita |
[3rd of 111] |
|
Expenditures > Percent of GDP |
3.9% |
[25th of 154] |
|
Iraqi insurgency > Foreign fighter nationality distribution > Sorted
alphabeticallyality |
7 |
[9th of 25] |
|
Manpower > Availability > Females |
1,611,001 |
[94th of 162] |
|
Manpower > Availability > Males |
1,682,183 |
[101st of 210] |
|
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 |
1,546,430 |
[100th of 175] |
|
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 |
1,588,533 |
[99th of 175] |
|
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)
|
0.277 per capita |
[42nd of 175] |
|
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)
|
268.198 per 1,000 people |
[42nd of 174] |
|
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females |
1,381,914 |
[85th of 162] |
|
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males |
1,439,941 |
[88th of 210] |
|
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
|
938,196 |
[106th of 174] |
|
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
|
914,649 |
[108th of 174] |
|
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)
|
0.163 per capita |
[99th of 174] |
|
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)
|
158.628 per 1,000 people |
[100th of 173] |
|
Manpower > Military age |
17 years of age |
|
|
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females
|
58,788 |
[102nd of 226] |
|
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)
|
9.523 per 1,000 people |
[109th of 225] |
|
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
|
61,305 |
[102nd of 226] |
|
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)
|
9.93 per 1,000 people |
[110th of 225] |
|
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49
|
62,034 |
[81st of 157] |
|
Navy
personnel |
8,000 |
[30th of 49] |
|
Navy
personnel (per capita) |
1.38744 per 1,000 people |
[9th of 49] |
|
personnel
|
76,000 |
[63rd of 170] |
|
personnel (per capita) |
12.984 per 1,000 people |
[21st of 171] |
|
personnel > % of total labor force |
3.25 % |
[17th of 168] |
|
Service age and obligation |
17 years of age |
|
|
Tanks
|
1,800 tanks |
[7th of 22] |
|
Tanks
(per capita) |
312.175 tanks per 1 million peop |
[1st of 22] |
|
Weapon
holdings |
4,829,000 |
[21st of 137] |
|
Weapon holdings (per capita) |
837,496 per 1 million people |
[5th of 137] |
|
WMD >
Biological
In 2003, Libya admitted its previous intentions to acquire equipment
needed to produce biological weapons (BW). In October and December 2003,
Libyan officials took US and UK experts to a number of medical and
agricultural research centers that had the potential to be used in BW
research. The country acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons
Convention on 19 January 1982. There are allegations that the alleged
chemical weapon (CW) plants at Rabta and Tarhunah could contain BW
research facilities as well. Prior to Libya's 19 December 2003
announcement to abandon its WMD programs, US intelligence agencies
alleged that Qadhafi had attempted to recruit South African scientists
to assist in the acquisition of BW, and that Libya had started to
develop pathogens and toxins for weapons use. |
|
WMD >
Chemical
There is a significant amount of open-source literature concerning
Libya's acquisition and use of chemical weapons (CW); it is well
documented that Libya employed Iranian-supplied mustard gas bombs
against Chad, its southern neighbor, in 1987. In documentation provided
to US and UK authorities in 2003, Libya revealed a "significant
quantity" of mustard agent produced more than 10 years ago at a facility
near Rabta, located in the Sahara Desert about 120km southwest of
Tripoli, along with chemical munitions and equipment needed to establish
a second CW production facility. In December 2003, Libya pledged to
eliminate all chemical weapons stocks and munitions and accede to the
Chemical Weapons Convention "without delay." |
|
WMD > Missile
Libya first acquired Scud-B missiles in the early 1970s from the Soviet
Union. In the early 1980s, Libya accelerated its efforts to obtain a
longer-range ballistic missile with the al-Fatah, reportedly with a
range of 950km. Germany and China allegedly provided technical and
material assistance to the al-Fatah program. The al-Fatah missile system
has not been completed and remains untested. In November 2000, as part
of a $600 million agreement, Libya allegedly acquired the first shipment
of a total of 50 North Korean Nodong ballistic missiles, including
launch capabilities. North Korea also allegedly provided more than 10
scientists to work on the Libyan missile program. This complemented
other missile component shipments that reportedly began in 1999. Also,
after the lifting of the 1999 sanctions, reports of increased technical
and structural assistance from countries like Iran, North Korea, China,
India, and Russia have raised concerns over Libya's growing ability to
manufacture ballistic missiles. In 2003, US experts were given access to
Libya's missile arsenal and to a number of missile research facilities.
In December 2003, Libya pledged to eliminate ballistic missiles capable
of traveling more than 300km with payloads of 500kg. Libya is not a
member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). In April 2004,
Libya told American officials that it plans to convert hundreds of its
Scud-B missiles into short-range defensive weapons and discontinue all
military trade with North Korea. In October, the US State Department
announced that it had verified the complete dismantling of Libya's WMD
programs, including MTCR-class missiles. |
|
WMD > Nuclear
In its 19 December 2003 announcement that it was eliminating all
materials, equipment and programs proscribed by the international
community, Libya took the unusual step of first publicly revealing its
nuclear weapons program, then renouncing it. Libya then invited the IAEA
to verify the elimination of nuclear weapon related activities
in-country. According to International Atomic Energy Agency Director
General Mohamed ElBaradei, who led a December 2003 inspection team to
Libya, Libya's nuclear weapons program is in the very initial stages,
about three to seven years away from producing a nuclear weapon. Libya
admitted having secretly imported raw uranium and the necessary
equipment to convert it for enrichment into weapons-grade material but
added that the enrichment plan had been dismantled and that no highly
enriched uranium had been produced over the past decade. IAEA inspectors
did not find either, though they did find imported equipment and
technology at a number of previously secret nuclear facilities in and
around Tripoli. It has been revealed that Abdul Qadeer Khan of Pakistan
is responsible for providing Libya with its nuclear warhead plans, raw
uranium and enrichment centrifuges through his black market network. In
his 19 December 2003 announcement, Qadhafi pledged to adhere to the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Libya ratified in 1975, and to
sign the Additional Protocol, which it did on 10 March 2004. IAEA chief
El Baradei indicated that signing the Protocol would ensure IAEA
oversight over Libya’s nuclear transition from weapons creation to
peaceful purposes. Previously, Libya signed Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty in November 2001 and ratified it in January 2004. In 1996, it had
signed the Treaty of Pelindaba, which established a nuclear-weapon-free
zone in Africa. Besides previously secret nuclear sites disclosed in
late 2003, Libya possesses a Soviet-supplied 10MW research reactor in
Tajura. With the lifting of UN sanctions in 1998, Russia renewed its
nuclear cooperation with Libya, providing funding for renovations to the
Tajura nuclear complex. As of October 2004, the IAEA continues to
investigate the clandestine network through which Libya supplied its
nuclear weapons program. North Korea and several South African, German,
and Swiss nationals have been implicated in providing restricted
training and technologies to Libya. |
|
WMD >
Overview
Libya has shown interest in and taken steps to acquire weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems. Indeed, it is one of the
few states to have employed chemical weapons in a conflict (Chad, 1987).
Libya's motivation to acquire WMD, and ballistic missiles in particular,
appears in part to be a response to Israel's clandestine nuclear program
and a desire to become a more active player in Middle Eastern and
African politics. On 19 December 2003, Libyan leader Col. Muammar
Qadhafi publicly confirmed his commitment to disclose and dismantle WMD
programs in his country following a nine-month period of negotiations
with U.S. and U.K. authorities. |
