Strength and Support
The strength of the UVF is uncertain. The first Independent Monitoring Commission report in April 2004 estimated the UVF/RHC had "a few hundred" active members "based mainly in the Belfast and immediately adjacent areas" The UVF weaponry was limited to small arms, with its sporadic bombing efforts being made using stolen quarrying explosives.
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