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Military branches:
Army, 520,000
Air Force, 45,000
Navy, 470,000 troops
Strategic missile force: 22,000
Civil Armed Forces/National Guard, 247,000

Primary military equipment

Military expenditures: $2.435 billion; fiscal year '99-'00
Military expenditures, percent of gross domestic product: 3.9 percent; fiscal year '99-'00

Military manpower
Age of service: 17
Military manpower, availability: Males ages 15-49, 34,632,509; 2000 estimate
Military manpower, fit for service: Males ages 15-49, 21,206,148; 2000 estimate
Military manpower, reaching military age annually: Males, 1,604,806; 2000 estimate

Military exercises and activities with the United States: The Inspired series of combined U.S.-Pakistani military exercises is overseen by the U.S. Central Command and includes Inspired Alert, Inspired Gambit, Inspired Siren, Inspired Union and Inspired Venture. Other U.S.-Pakistani exercises have included Eager Dancer 95 and Gambol Venture 95. U.S. arms sales to Pakistan have been conducted under the Peace Gate program.