Brunei:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF): Royal Brunei Land Forces, Royal Brunei Navy, Royal Brunei Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei) (2005)
Military service age and obligation	18 years of age (est.) for voluntary military service; non-Malays are ineligible to serve (2007)
Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 103,885 females age 18-49: 93,024 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 85,045 females age 18-49: 77,436 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 3,478 females age 18-49: 3,342 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	4.5% (2006)

Disputes - international	Brunei and Malaysia are still considering international adjudication over their disputed offshore and deepwater seabeds, where hydrocarbon exploration was terminated in 2003 international legal adjudication; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang is in dispute; Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in the southern Spratly Islands in 1984, but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants
Illicit drugs	drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory death penalty