0N NOR TH KOREAN MILITARY STRENGTH 1970 1979 Inte111 genc Comunity I Estimates Estimate 1970 1974 1977 1979 T011011 Manpower Ithousands' - 398 428 - 521 680 Ground Forces - 360 386 I 600 Divisions 21 2'4 25 32 Brigades 41 1 _5 TOTALS 25 7 9 37 Tanks Assau1t Guns 700 1 100 1 900 2 800 Arti11ery Mu1t1'p1e 2 400 2 600 4 200 5 000 Rocket Launchers Armored Personne1 Carriers1 3th10934 5317 TH DATE aw #33974 2045122 1 Mi1itery Personnel Ground Forces Divisions Brigades Medium Tanks 'Arti11ery Mu1t1p1e _Rocket Launchers Tota Jet Combat Aircraft Modern Fighters MIG-21 A-X 0bso1escent Fighters Light Bombers IL-28 Naval Combatants North Korea gPresentln 530 000 ' 500 000 37 2 500 5 000 700 140 475 85 480 IncIudes some 24 000 ROK Marine Corps personne1 KOREA SELECTEO COMPARISON OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN South Korea QPresentl 598 000 540 000 21 1 050 2 200 360 185 175 - 110 South'Korea Projected by 1982 598 000 540 000 22 1 460_ '3 300 -410 I 235 1751' 125                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu