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 normally administered by Ministry of Interior; in times of national emergency, Carabineros and Investigations Police are considered part of the military
 
'''Army.''' The Commander-in-Chief is Gen. Juan Emilio Cheyre. The 50,000-person army is organized into six divisions and an air brigade.The army operates leopard 1v as main battle tank. In the next months the purchase of 92 second hand leopard 2a4 from the german army is going to be announced.
 
 '''Navy.''' Adm. Rodolfo Codina Díaz directs the 25,000-person navy, including 5,200 marines. Of the fleet of 66 surface vessels, only six are major combatant ships and they are based in [[Valparaíso]]. The navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no fighter or bomber aircraft. The Navy also operates two submarines based in [[Talcahuano]].
 
 The navy is to receive three second-hand, but modern, [[Royal Navy|British]] [[Type 23 frigate|Type 23]] [[frigate]]s in 2008.
 
'''Air Force.''' Gen. Osvaldo Sarabia Vilches heads a force of 12,500. Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered in [[Iquique]], [[Antofagasta]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Puerto Montt]], and [[Punta Arenas]]. The Air Force also operates an airbase on [[King George Island]], [[Antarctica]].
 
 The Chilean police are comprised of a national, uniformed force (Carabineros) and a smaller, plainclothes investigations force. After the military [[coup]] in September [[1973]], the Chilean national police were incorporated into the Defense Ministry. With the return of democratic government, the police were placed under the operational control of the Interior Ministry but remain under the nominal control of the Defense Ministry. Gen. Alberto Cienfuegos, who directs the national police force of 30,000, is responsible for law enforcement, traffic management, narcotics suppression, border control, and counter-terrorism throughout Chile.
 
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 normally administered by Ministry of Interior; in times of national emergency, Carabineros and Investigations Police are considered part of the military
 
'''Army.''' The Commander-in-Chief is Gen. Óscar Izurieta Ferrer. The 50,000-person army is organized into six divisions and an air brigade.The army operates leopard 1v as main battle tank. In the next months the purchase of 92 second hand leopard 2a4 from the german army is going to be announced.
 
 '''Navy.''' Adm. Rodolfo Codina Díaz directs the 25,000-person navy, including 5,200 marines. Of the fleet of 66 surface vessels, only six are major combatant ships and they are based in [[Valparaíso]]. The navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no fighter or bomber aircraft. The Navy also operates two submarines based in [[Talcahuano]].
 
 The navy is to receive three second-hand, but modern, [[Royal Navy|British]] [[Type 23 frigate|Type 23]] [[frigate]]s in 2008.
 
'''Air Force.''' Gen. Osvaldo Saravia Vilches heads a force of 12,500. Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered in [[Iquique]], [[Antofagasta]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Puerto Montt]], and [[Punta Arenas]]. The Air Force also operates an airbase on [[King George Island]], [[Antarctica]].
 
 The Chilean police are comprised of a national, uniformed force (Carabineros) and a smaller, plainclothes investigations force. After the military [[coup]] in September [[1973]], the Chilean national police were incorporated into the Defense Ministry. With the return of democratic government, the police were placed under the operational control of the Interior Ministry but remain under the nominal control of the Defense Ministry. Gen. Alberto Cienfuegos, who directs the national police force of 30,000, is responsible for law enforcement, traffic management, narcotics suppression, border control, and counter-terrorism throughout Chile.
 
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