How strong is Georgia's military power?

General situation of Georgia's military strength

At present, there are18,000 Georgian troops, half of whom have been trained by instructors from the United States and Turkey to varying degrees. Georgia's weapons are basically left over from the former Soviet Union, equipped with 10 fighters, 8 helicopters, 7 warning speedboats, 120 armored combat vehicles and 100 artillery. In addition, Georgia can temporarily mobilize 654.38 million reserve soldiers. According to Georgian Minister of National Security, there are 2,000 policemen in Azar, including 300 mounted policemen. They are well-trained and well-equipped, including a special force composed of 1000 people who directly take orders from Abasi Ze. Azar also has 8,000 army troops.

Of the original three autonomous republics in Georgia, only the Azar Autonomous Republic is formally under the jurisdiction of the Georgian central government, but it is also "nominal". Azar's economic development in recent years is relatively better than that in other parts of Georgia. However, the better the economic development, the less Azar listens to the call of the Georgian central government. Azar has not paid taxes to the Georgian central government for a long time, and even the customs revenue from Turkey and Batumi Port is kept by him every year, amounting to 200-300 million US dollars.

After the "Rose Revolution" in June 5438+065438+ 10 last year, Azar leader Abasi Ze never bought the account of Georgian President Saakashvili and refused to recognize the legitimacy of the "Rose Revolution" and the new Georgian regime. In this regard, Samson "sees it in his eyes and hates it in his heart." He has always regarded Abbas as an obstacle to the process of national unity and democratization, and wants to get rid of it quickly. But helpless, Abbas Ze has Russian backing behind him, and Sam has to take care of it.

Russia will use its relations with Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Azar, which strongly hope for Georgia's independence, and the fact that it supplies electricity to Georgia to exert influence on Georgia with both soft and hard hands. US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, who visited Georgia in June 5438+February last year, urged Russia to withdraw its military bases in Abkhazia and Azar as soon as possible, but it was strongly opposed by Russia. On the other hand, Georgia relies heavily on Russia for power supply, and for the new government, the biggest task, namely economic reconstruction, is obviously inseparable from Russian cooperation. Saakashvili has expressed his intention to visit Russia after the presidential election, showing his attitude of attaching importance to Russia. Georgia provoked Russia with the support of NATO. I think this is just an illusion. It is a strategy of Georgia's diplomacy, and Georgia can't live without Russia (Russia is Georgia's second largest trading country, and the total bilateral trade in 200 1 year is 654.38+647 billion US dollars, accounting for about 16.4% of Georgia's total foreign trade.

)。 As an independent sovereign country, Georgia cannot be occupied by Russia.

But it will be very difficult for Russia and Georgia to really repair their relations. NATO uses Georgia to contain Russia, and Russia is also using Georgia's economy to consume NATO's aid.