o 2,437 m: 4
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 14
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 6
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 63
@Lithuania:Communications
Telephone system: 900,000 telephones; 240 telephones/1,000 persons;
telecommunications system ranks among the most modern of the former
Soviet republics
local: NA
intercity: land lines and microwave radio relay
international: international connections no longer depend on the
Moscow gateway switch, but are established by satellite through Oslo
from Vilnius and through Copenhagen from Kaunas; 1 EUTELSAT and 1
INTELSAT earth station; an NMT-450 analog cellular network operates in
Vilnius and other cities and is linked internationally through
Copenhagen by EUTELSAT; international electronic mail is available;
land lines or microwave to former USSR republics
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 13, FM 26, shortwave 1, longwave 1
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 3
televisions: NA
@Lithuania:Defense Forces
Branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force, Security
Forces (internal and border troops), National Guard (Skat)
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 949,663; males fit for military
service 750,386; males reach military age (18) annually 27,630 (1995
est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $30 million, 2% of
GDP (1994); note - for 1995 defense expenditures were $54 million at
exchange rate conversion
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LUXEMBOURG
@Luxembourg:Geography
Location: Western Europe, between France and Germany
Map references: Europe
Area:
total area: 2,586 sq km
land area: 2,586 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Land boundaries: total 359 km, Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany
138 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none; landlocked
International disputes: none
Climate: modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
Terrain: mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys;
uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to
Moselle floodplain in the southeast
Natural resources: iron ore (no longer exploited)
Land use:
arable land: 24%
permanent crops: 1%
meadows and pastures: 20%
forest and wood
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