Before the wars in Yugoslavia
JNA
169,000 men (95,000 recruits)
(Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies in London)
The present JNA forces
70,000 men (according to Reuters)
220,000-280,000 (according to Anton Bebler, a Slovene political scientist)
The future armed forces of the Federal Republic of YU
100,000 men (0,5-1,5% of the population)
- 20,000 officers
- 50,000 recruits
- others, professional soldiers (according to YU military experts)
SLOVENIA
Planned forces
12,000 officers and army conscripts, together with Territorial Defense units - around 40,000 men (according to A. Babler), i.e. 56-60,000 (according to the Slovene press)
CROATIA
Present forces
200,000 men
350 tanks
4000 artillery weapons
30 farming planes
(Source: a JNA report)
140 fighter planes, mostly from the ex-GDR arsenals and a few MIGs piloted by JNA deserters
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