Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 69,038 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 56,777 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
0
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0%
Military - note:
under a 1951 bilateral agreement, Iceland's defense was provided by
a US-manned Icelandic Defense Force (IDF) headquartered in Keflavik;
in October 2006, all US military forces in Iceland were withdrawn;
nonetheless, the US and Iceland signed a Joint Understanding to
strengthen their bilateral defense relationship, including regular
security consultations, military communications in the event of
national emergencies, annual bilateral exercises on Icelandic
territory, and future bilateral and NATO support to four Iceland Air
Defense System (IADS) radar sites
Transnational Issues Iceland
Disputes - international:
Iceland disputes Denmark's alignment of the Faroe Islands'
fisheries median line; Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute
Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends
beyond 200 nm
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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