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Honduras NATIONAL SECURITY
Armed Forces: In mid-1994 armed forces of about
20,000
personnel organized into three service branches (army, air
force,
and navy) and national police. Largest branch, army, had
an
estimated 13,500 troops; air force, 1,200; navy, 600;
police, 4,500
personnel.
Units: Military units assigned to one of ten
regions.
Primary troop component of army is light infantry
battalion, of
which there were sixteen in early 1990s. Number of
specialized
support units, including artillery, armored car,
engineering, and
special forces.
Military Equipment: Equipment from United States
and West
European countries. Basic infantry weapon Belgian FAL and
United
States M-16. Fighter-bombers primarily from France by way
of
Israel; light tanks from Britain; and helicopters from
United
States.
Defense Budget: Averaged at US$44.2 million in
1992-93,
about 1 percent of GDP.
Police and Internal Security: Until April 1994,
separate
service branch with own general staff; police integral
part of
armed forces command structure. This branch was dissolved;
and as
of July 1994, no replacement police force or internal
security
organization had been formed.
Data as of December 1993
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