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Alpers, Philip (in: Aaron Karp, ed.). 2009 ‘Papua New Guinea: Small numbers, big fuss, real results.’ The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms: Inconspicuous Disarmament; Figure 1, p. 156. London: Routledge / Small Arms Survey, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. 1 August
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Military Small Arms in Papua New Guinea
From the military's own baseline estimate of more than 9,000 small arms once held in armouries, Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) figures have since shown that:
694 were reported missing in 2004 audit
3,418 surplus weapons were destroyed in 2006
2,300 were held in stock early in 2007
2,596 remain unaccounted for
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13523260801994451