Editor's Foreword

DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1949)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By gov in case
of NATO/EU operations (Art. 40/C para 1). Otherwise, by
parliament (Art. 19, para 3 point j)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 360; Land Component: 1 lt inf coy
ARMENIA/AzERBAIJAN
OSCE • Minsk Conference 1
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 160; Land Component: 1
inf coy
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
CyPRUs
UN • UNFICYP 84; Land Component: elm 1 inf coy
EgyPT
MFO 38 1 MP unit
IRAQ
NATO • NTM-I 4
LEBANON
UN • UNIFIL 4
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 243: Land Component: 1
mot inf coy
OSCE • Serbia 1
OSCE • Kosovo 4
WEsTERN sAHARA
UN • MINURSO 7 obs
Iceland ISL
icelandic Krona K 2008 2009 2010
GDP K 1.46tr 1.58tr
US$ 16.8bn 12.8bn
per capita US$ 55,325 41,704
Growth % 1.3 -8.5
inflation % 12.7 10.8
Sy Bdgt a K ε3.87bn
US$ ε44.5m
US$1=K 87 124
a Iceland has no armed forces. Budget is mainly for coast guard.
Population 306,694
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 11% 4% 4% 4% 22% 5%
Female 11% 4% 4% 4% 22% 6%
capabilities
ACTIVE NIL Paramilitary 130
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Paramilitary
iceland coast Guard 130
naTO Europe
141
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • PCOH: 3:
2 Aegir; 1 Odinn
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT • RESEARCH CRAFT
1 Baldur
AIRCRAFT • TPT 1 Dash 8-300
HELICOPTERS
SPT 1 AS-322L1 Super Puma
UTL 1 AS-365N Dauphin 2
fACILITIEs
Base Located at Reykjavik
fOREIgN fORCEs
NATO • Iceland Air Policing: Aircraft and personnel from
various NATO members on a rotating basis.
Italy ITA
Euro € 2008 2009 2010
GDP € 1.56tr 1.51tr
US$ 2.30bn 2.26bn
per capita US$ 39,683 39,000
Growth % -1.0 -5.1
inflation % 3.6 1.1
Def exp a € 21.03
US$ 30.9bn
Def bdgt € 16.4bn 15.4bn 15.5bn
US$ 24.1bn 23.0bn
US$1=€ 0.68 0.67
a including military pensions
Population 58,126,212
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 7% 2% 3% 3% 25% 8%
Female 7% 2% 3% 3% 25% 10%
capabilities
ACTIVE 293,202 (army 108,300, navy 34,000, air
42,935 carabinieri 107,967) Paramilitary 142,933
Terms of service all professional
REsERVEs 41, 867 (army 38,284 navy 3,234)
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Army 108,300
fORCEs By ROLE
Comd 1 comd HQ (COMFOTER)
Europe (naTO)