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Cuba ARMED FORCES |
 | | The air force had around 8,000 personnel and 130 combat aircraft of questionable capability. |
 | | Paramilitary forces included 20,000 state security troops, 6,500 border guards, 50,000 civil defense forces, the 70,000-member youth labor army, and the million-member territorial militia. |
 | | Cuba's key military ally and supporter for decades, Russia cut off nearly all military assistance by 1993. |
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