Armée nationale de développement
The Armée nationale de développement makes up the armed forces of the Comoros with 800 soldiers . The troops have a police-like character and their main task is to maintain internal security.
France has deployed smaller units of its navy and a department of the Foreign Legion on the neighboring island of Mayotte to monitor territorial waters .
General
The defense budget in 2005 was approximately $ 13 million. The Comoros receive military aid from France and South Africa .
There is no conscription .
equipment
Pick-ups of the Mitsubishi L200 type are used on vehicles, the FN FAL and AK-47 types as ordonance rifles, the NSW as machine guns and the RPG-7 reactive anti-tank rifle .
Aircraft
The Armée nationale de développement operates to perform its tasks a transport aircraft of type Let L-410 Turbolet , a support helicopter of the type AS 350 and a SAR helicopters of the type Mil Mi-14 .
The Comorian Police also have five Aermacchi SF-260s and one Cessna 402 .
Patrol boat
Since 1981, the Comoros have two patrol boats of the Japanese Yamayuri class .
Web links
Individual evidence
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