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CNBC: From Aruba to Iceland, these 36 nations have no standing military
* Three-dozen nations do not have a standing military, according to the CIA World Factbook.
* While several of these states do not have armed forces, their national police act as de facto military forces.
In the United States, which has 1.3 million active-duty troops and spends more on defense than the next seven countries combined, it's hard to imagine that there are countries without a standing military. But there are, in fact, three dozen such countries and regions.
The CIA World Factbook lists 36 nations and territories without armed forces, many of which rely on other countries and international groups to provide their defense. Switzerland and Austria have agreed to provide a collective defense of Liechtenstein, for instance, while Spain and France protect Andorra.
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WNU Editor: Falkland Islands and Greenland are not nation states. Iceland has a navy.
3 comments:
Iceland only has a coast guard. No navy.
Whoever made that list really didn't properly check what is a state and what isn't.Greenland,Montserrat,the Falkland Islands,Faroe Islands are dependencies under other states.So the responsibility for defence rests with those states.Really couldn't they be bothered to double check and see if they are states or not?I couldn't be bothered to check the list in detail once i saw Montserrat on it i realised that this list was made by someone who flunked 5th grade geography.
The only war that is going to happen to western europe is civil unrest that leads to civil wars. Leaders ignore that little fact as fiction while knowing that no wars is going to start between country's, that is why nation armys is not number one priority for most country's. Having an army is mostly for tradition. I would say that for Sweden the whole defense budget has been a waste of money since WW2. That is a lot of billions for just showing off and dick swinging.
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