17.11.2012 Views

Editor's Foreword

Editor's Foreword

Editor's Foreword

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

ALBANIA<br />

NATO 1 (HQ Tirana)<br />

Delegazione Italiana Esperti (DIA) 29<br />

ARABIAN gULf AND INDIAN OCEAN<br />

NATO • Operation Ocean Shield 1 FFG<br />

BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA<br />

EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 300<br />

NATO • NATO HQ Sarajevo 7<br />

CANADA<br />

Air Force 12 (flying trg)<br />

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Of CONgO<br />

EU • EUSEC RD Congo 4<br />

EgyPT<br />

MFO 78; 1 coastal patrol unit<br />

INDIA/PAkIsTAN<br />

UN • UNMOGIP 7 obs<br />

IRAQ<br />

NATO • NTM-I Training Mission 91<br />

LEBANON<br />

UN • UNIFIL 2,576; 3 inf bn; 1 avn unit; 1 MP coy; 1 FF<br />

MALTA<br />

Air Force 37; 2 AB-212 (Bell 212)<br />

Armed Forces<br />

12 MIATM cbt spt (Missione Italiana d’Assistenza Tecnico<br />

Militare)<br />

MIDDLE EAsT<br />

UN • UNTSO 8 obs<br />

MOLDOVA<br />

OSCE • Moldova 1<br />

sERBIA<br />

OSCE • Serbia 3<br />

NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 1,892; 1 mech inf BG;<br />

1 engr unit; 1 hel unit; 1 sigs unit; 1 CSS unit OSCE •<br />

Kosovo 14<br />

sUDAN<br />

UN • UNAMID 1<br />

UNITED sTATEs<br />

Air Force 38 (flying trg)<br />

WEsTERN sAHARA<br />

UN • MINURSO 4 obs<br />

fOREIgN fORCEs<br />

Germany 3 MP ac (in ELMAS/Sardinia)<br />

United States US European Command: Army 3,015; 1<br />

AB IBCT; some M-119; some M-198; Navy 2,328; 1 HQ<br />

(US Navy Europe (USNAVEUR)) located at Naples; 1<br />

HQ (6 th Fleet) located at Gaeta USAF 4,076; 1 ftr wg with<br />

(2 ftr sqn with 21 F-16C Fighting Falcon/F-16D Fighting<br />

Falcon located at Aviano); 1 MR Sqn eq. with 9 P-3C Orion<br />

located at Sigonella USMC 55<br />

Latvia LVA<br />

naTO Europe<br />

145<br />

latvian lat l 2008 2009 2010<br />

GDP L 16.2bn 13.9bn<br />

US$ 33.8bn 29.0bn<br />

per capita US$ 15,031 12,977<br />

Growth % -4.6 -18.0<br />

inflation % 15.9 3.1<br />

Def exp L 260m<br />

US$ 542m<br />

Def bdgt L 260m 172m 134m<br />

US$ 542m 358m<br />

FMa (US) US$ 1.5m 1.5m 3.0m<br />

US$1=l 0.48 0.48<br />

Population 2,231,503<br />

age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus<br />

Male 7% 4% 4% 3% 22% 6%<br />

Female 7% 4% 4% 3% 25% 11%<br />

capabilities<br />

ACTIVE 5,745 (army 1,058 navy 587 air 319 Joint<br />

Staff 3,202 national Guard 579)<br />

REsERVE 10,866 (army Volunteer reservist 10,866)<br />

ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE<br />

Joint 3,202<br />

fORCEs By ROLE<br />

Comd 1 Joint HQ (1 Staff bn)<br />

1 log HQ (1 Tpt bn, 1 log bn)<br />

1 Trg and Doctrine Comd<br />

SF 1 Ranger bn, 1 cbt diver unit, 1 anti-terrorist unit<br />

Security 1 MP unit<br />

Army 1,058<br />

fORCEs By ROLE<br />

Inf 1 bde (2 inf bn)<br />

national Guard 579; 10,866 part-time (11,445 in<br />

total)<br />

Inf 14 bn<br />

Fd Arty 1 bn<br />

AD 1 bn<br />

Engr 1 bn<br />

NBC 1 bn<br />

EQUIPMENT By TyPE<br />

MBT 3 T-55 (trg)<br />

RECCE 2 BRDM-2<br />

ARTY 121<br />

TOWED 100mm 26 K-53<br />

MOR 95: 71mm40; 82mm 5; 120mm 50<br />

Europe (naTO)

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!