Austria:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
Military service age and obligation	Definition 18-35 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for male or female voluntary service; service obligation 7 months of training, followed by an 8-year reserve obligation (2006)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 1,986,411 females age 16-49: 1,944,834 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 1,617,385 females age 16-49: 1,583,886 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 50,869 females age 16-49: 48,246 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 0.9% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	Definition while threats of international legal action never materialized in 2007, 915,220 Austrians, with the support of the newly elected Freedom Party, signed a petition in January 2008, demanding that Austria block the Czech Republic's accession to the EU unless Prague closes its nuclear power plant in Temelin, bordering Austria
Illicit drugs	Definition transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; increasing consumption of European-produced synthetic drugs