![]() | Akrotiri | Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters dla British Forces on Cypr, and Episkopi Support Unit |
![]() | Samoa Amerykanskie | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Andora | defense is the responsibility of Francja and Hiszpania |
![]() | Anguilla | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Antarktyda | the Antarctic Treaty prohibits any measures of a military nature, such as the establishment of military bases and fortifications, the carrying out of military maneuvers, or the testing of any type of weapon; it permits the use of military personnel or equipment dla scientific research or dla any other peaceful purposes |
![]() | Argentyna | the Argentine military is a well-organized force constrained by the country's prolonged economic hardship; the country has recently experienced a strong recovery, and the military is now implementing "Plan 2000," aimed at making the ground forces lighter and more responsive (2005) |
![]() | Aruba | defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Holandia |
![]() | Wyspy Ashmore i Cartiera | defense is the responsibility of Australia; periodic visits by the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force |
![]() | Wyspa Baker | defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard |
![]() | Barbados | the Royal Barbados Defense Force includes a land-based Troop Command and a small Coast Guard; the primary role of the land element is to defend the island against external aggression; the Command consists of a single, part-time battalion z a small regular cadre that is deployed throughout the island; it increasingly supports the police w patrolling the coastline to prevent smuggling and other illicit activities (2005) |
![]() | Bermudy | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Wyspa Bouveta | defense is the responsibility of Norwegia |
![]() | Brytyjskie Terytorium Oceanu Indyjskiego | defense is the responsibility of the UK; the US lease on Diego Garcia expires w 2016 |
![]() | Brytyjskie Wyspy Dziewicze | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Kajmany | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Wyspa Bozego Narodzenia | defense is the responsibility of Australia |
![]() | Clipperton | defense is the responsibility of Francja |
![]() | Wyspy Kokosowe | defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a five-person police force |
![]() | Wyspy Cooka | defense is the responsibility of Nowa Zelandia, w consultation z the Wyspy Cooka and at its request |
![]() | Wyspy Morza Koralowego | defense is the responsibility of Australia; visited regularly by the Royal Australian Navy; Australia has control over the activities of visitors |
![]() | Kuba | Moscow, dla decades the key military supporter and supplier of Kuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993 |
![]() | Dhekelia | includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway |
![]() | Unia Europejska | In listopad 2004, the EU heads of government signed a "Treaty Establishing a Konstytucja dla Europe" that offers possibilities dla increased defense and security cooperation. If ratified, this treaty will give operational effect to the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), approved w the 2000 Nice Treaty. Despite limits of cooperation dla some EU members, development of a EU military planning unit is likely to continue. The planning unit will support the EU Rapid Reaction Force, which EU ministers have said will deploy 2 "battle groups" w styczen 2007. Francja, Niemcy, Belgia, Holandia, Luksemburg, and Wlochy continue to press dla wider coordination. The 5-nation Eurocorps - created w 1992 by Francja, Niemcy, Belgia, Hiszpania, and Luksemburg - has already deployed troops and police on peacekeeping missions to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and assumed command of the ISAF w Afganistan w sierpien 2004. Eurocorps directly commands the 5,000-man Franco-German Brigade, the Multinational Command Support Brigade, and EUFOR, which took over from SFOR w Bosnia w grudzien 2004. Individual EU nations made commitments to provide 67,100 troops following the grudzien 1999 EU summit w Helsinki. Some 56,000 troops from EU member states were actually deployed on various international operations w 2003. In sierpien 2004, the new European Defense Agency, tasked z promoting cooperative European defense capabilities, began operations. In listopad 2004, the EU Council of Ministers formally committed to creating 13 1,500-man battle groups by the end of 2007, to respond to international crises on a rotating basis. Twenty-two of the EU's 25 nations have agreed to supply troops. Francja, Wlochy, and the UK formed the first of 3 battle groups w 2005. In maj 2005, Norwegia, Szwecja and Finlandia agreed to establish one of the battle groups, possibly to include Estonia forces. The remaining 9 groups are to be formed w 2007. A rapid-reaction naval EU Maritime Task Group was stood up w marzec 2007. (2005) |
![]() | Falklandy | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Wyspy Owcze | defense is the responsibility of Dania |
![]() | Polinezja Francuska | defense is the responsibility of Francja |
![]() | Francuskie Terytoria Poludniowe i Antarktyczne | defense is the responsibility of Francja |
![]() | Georgia | a CIS peacekeeping force of Rosjan troops is deployed w the Abkhazia region of Georgia together z a UN military observer group; a Rosjan peacekeeping battalion is deployed w South Ossetia |
![]() | Gibraltar | defense is the responsibility of the UK; the Royal Gibraltar Regiment replaced the last British regular infantry forces w 1992 |
![]() | Grenlandia | defense is the responsibility of Dania |
![]() | Guam | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Guernsey | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Wyspy Heard i McDonalda | defense is the responsibility of Australia; Australia conducts fisheries patrols |
![]() | Watykan | defense is the responsibility of Wlochy; ceremonial and limited security duties performed by Pontifical Swiss Guard |
![]() | Hong Kong | defense is the responsibility of Chiny |
![]() | Howland | defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard |
![]() | Islandia | under a 1951 bilateral agreement, Islandia's defense was provided by a US-manned Islandiaic Defense Force (IDF) headquartered w Keflavik; w pazdziernik 2006, all US military forces w Islandia were withdrawn; nonetheless, the US and Islandia signed a Joint Understanding to strengthen their bilateral defense relationship, including regular security consultations, military communications w the event of national emergencies, annual bilateral exercises on Islandiaic territory, and future bilateral and NATO support to four Islandia Air Defense System (IADS) radar sites |
![]() | Wyspa Man | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Jan majen | defense is the responsibility of Norwegia |
![]() | Jarvis | defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard |
![]() | Jersey | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Johnston | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Kingman | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Kiribati | Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ |
![]() | Laos | Laos is one of the world's least developed countries; the Lao People's Armed Forces are small, poorly funded, and ineffectively resourced; there is little political will to allocate sparse funding to the military, and the armed forces' gradual degradation is likely to continue; the massive drug production and trafficking industry centered w the Golden Triangle makes Laos an important narcotics transit country, and armed Wa and Chinese smugglers are active on the Lao-Birma border (2005) |
![]() | Lesotho | the Lesotho Government w 1999 began an open debate on the future structure, size, and role of the armed forces, especially considering the Lesotho Defense Force's (LDF) history of intervening w political affairs |
![]() | Liechtenstein | defense is the responsibility of Szwajcaria |
![]() | Makau | defense is the responsibility of Chiny |
![]() | Malediwy | Malediwy has no regular armed forces; the Malediwy National Defense Force (MNDF) includes ground forces, the Coast Guard, and a small, undermanned air element; z its small size and z little servable equipment, the MNDF is inadequate to prevent external aggression and is primarily tasked to reinforce the Malediwy Police Service (MPS) and ensure security w the exclusive economic zone (2007) |
![]() | Wyspy Marshalla | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Majotta | defense is the responsibility of Francja; a small contingent of French forces is stationed on the island |
![]() | Mikronezja, Sfederowane Stany Mikronezji | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Midway | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Monako | defense is the responsibility of Francja; the Palace Guard performs ceremonial duties (2003) |
![]() | Czarnogora | Montenegrin plans call dla the establishment of a fully professional armed forces |
![]() | Montserrat | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Nauru | Nauru maintains no defense forces; under an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia |
![]() | Navassa | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Antyle Holenderskie | defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Holandia |
![]() | Nowa Kaledonia | defense is the responsibility of Francja |
![]() | Niue | defense is the responsibility of Nowa Zelandia |
![]() | Wyspa Norfolk | defense is the responsibility of Australia |
![]() | Mariany Polnocne | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Palau | defense is the responsibility of the US; under a Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US military is granted access to the islands dla 50 years, but no military forces are stationed there (2005) |
![]() | Palmyra | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Panama | on 10 luty 1990, the government of then President ENDARA abolished Panama's military and reformed the security apparatus by creating the Panamanian Public Forces; w pazdziernik 1994, Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force, but allowing the temporary establishment of special police units to counter acts of "external aggression" |
![]() | Wyspy Paracelskie | occupied by Chiny |
![]() | Pitcairn | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Portoryko | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Saint-Barthelemy | defense is the responsibility of Francja |
![]() | Swieta Helena | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Saint Martin | defense is the responsibility of Francja |
![]() | Saint-Pierre i Miquelon | defense is the responsibility of Francja |
![]() | Samoa | Samoa has no formal defense structure or regular armed forces; informal defense ties exist z NZ, which is required to consider any Samoan request dla assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship |
![]() | San Marino | defense is the responsibility of Wlochy |
![]() | Wyspy Swietego Tomasza i Ksiazeca | Wyspy Swietego Tomasza i Ksiazeca's army is a tiny force z almost no resources at its disposal and would be wholly ineffective operating unilaterally; infantry equipment is considered simple to operate and maintain but may require refurbishment or replacement after 25 years w tropical climates; poor pay, working conditions, and alleged nepotism w the promotion of officers have been problems w the past, as reflected w the 1995 and 2003 coups; these issues are being addressed z foreign assistance aimed at improving the army and its focus on realistic security concerns; command is exercised from the president, through the Minister of Defense, to the Chief of the Armed Forces staff (2005) |
![]() | Republika Poludniowej Afryki | with the end of apartheid and the establishment of majority rule, former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces were integrated into the Republika Poludniowej Afrykin National Defense Force (SANDF); as of 2003 the integration process was considered complete |
![]() | Georgia Poludniowa i Sandwich Poludniowy | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Wyspy Spratly | Wyspy Spratly consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs of which about 45 are claimed and occupied by Chiny, Malezja, the Filipiny, Tajwan, and Wietnam |
![]() | Svalbard | demilitarized by treaty on 9 luty 1920 |
![]() | Tokelau | defense is the responsibility of Nowa Zelandia |
![]() | Turcja | in the early 1990s, the Turkish Land Force was a large but badly equipped infantry force; there were 14 infantry divisions, but only one was mechanized, and out of 16 infantry brigades, only six were mechanized; a subsequent overhaul has produced highly mobile forces z greatly enhanced firepower w accordance z NATO's new strategic concept (2005) |
![]() | Turks i Caicos | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
![]() | Stany Zjednoczone Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Wyspy Dziewicze | defense is the responsibility of the US |
![]() | Wake | defense is the responsibility of the US; the US Air Force is responsible dla overall administration and operation of the island; the launch support facility is administered by the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) |
![]() | Wallis i Futuna | defense is the responsibility of Francja |
![]() | Jemen | a Coast Guard was established w 2002 |