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COMMUNICATIONS (S)
- Railroads: 16,469 route miles; 14,381 miles standard gage (4'8½") including 4,644 route miles double tack and 2,400 route miles electrified; 2,088 route miles various narrow gauges
- Highways: 190,095 miles; 39,700 miles classified state or national routes; 40,389 miles concrete, bituminous, cobblestone, stoneblock; 39,479 miles crushed stone, gravel; 110,227 miles earth (improved and unimproved)
- Inland waterways: 3,700 miles navigable streams and canals
- Pipelines: 3,150 miles; est. 2,100 miles natural and manufactured gas; 875 miles crude, 175 miles refined. Additionally, 772 miles under construction, mostly natural gas
- Ports: 4 major (Gdansk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Świnoujskie); 6 minor
- Merchant marine: 252 ships (1,000 g.r.t. and over) totaling 1,792,473 g.r.t. and 2,528,331 d.w.t.; consists of 166 dry cargo, 76 bulk cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 4 tanker, and 2 passenger
- Civil air: 48 major transport aircraft
- Airfields: 146 total; 63 have permanent runways and 85 have runways 6,000 feet or more in length
- Telecommunications: Domestic and international facilities, relatively modern and effective; good radio broadcast coverage (28 AM and 40 FM transmitters) reaches 96% of population, 5.7 million receivers; 18 regional TV transmitters, 5.3 million TV receivers; 1,970,856 telephones (85% connected to automatic exchanges)
DEFENSE FORCES (S)
- Military manpower: Males 15-49, 8,893,000; 7,030,000 fit for military service; 356,000 reach military age (19) annually (1972-1976)
- Personnel: (Estimated) *ground forces 210,000, naval forces 26,000, air force 55,000, frontier guard 20,000, internal security forces 25,000, territorial defense regimental force 28,500
- Personnel in reserve (not on active duty: (Estimated) ground forces 1,800,000, naval forces 46,500, air force 12,500
- Major ground units: 15 divisions (8 mechanized, 5 armored, 1 airborne, 1 assault landing, amphibious), 7 brigades (4 SCUD (SS-1) tactical missile, 3 artillery), 7 regiments (3 anti-tank, 4 anti-aircraft artillery)
- Ships: 4 destroyer types, 4 submarines, 101 coastal patrol types, 62 river/roadstead patrol types, 49 mine warfare types, 38 amphibious types, 32 auxiliaries, and 114 service craft
- Aircraft (operational): 800 combat (mostly jet fighters and jet attack), plus 66 (58 jet) in naval air (48 attack, 8 light bomber reconnaissance, 10 helicopters)
- Missiles: 36 operational SA-2 SAM sites, 9 operational SA-3 sites*
- Supply: Produces armored and transport vehicles, light arms, some light artillery, most electronic equipment, copies of Soviet air-to-air and anti-tank missiles, chemical and biological warfare defensive materiel, and small quantities of agents; other equipment primarily from USSR; Poland builds minesweepers, medium landing ships, small submarine chasers, motor torpedo boats, auxiliaries, and service craft for the Polish Navy and coast guard, as well as landing ships and naval auxiliaries for the USSR and also produces helicopters and small transport utility aircraft
- Military budget: For fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, 39,206 million zlotys; about 8.4% of total budget
INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (S)
- Citizens Militia (MO) strength not known; Security Service (SB) about 23,000; Volunteer Reserve of the Citizens Militia (ORMO), 379,400 in 1970; regular police force, 100,000
National SA-2 force capability is increased by the presence of 3 SA-2 battalions and 9 SA-3 battalions which are subordinate to Soviet Northern Group of Forces (stationed in Poland) (S)
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