Editor's Foreword

SP 10 M1025A2 HMMWV with Javelin
MANPATS 18 Javelin
RCL 84mm 273 Carl Gustav
AD SAM Stinger
reserves
national Defence Voluntary Forces 4,600 active
reservists
Territorial Def 5 regt; 36 bn (total: 150 def coy)
Trg 1 bn
Avn 1 sqn
special Operation force
SF 1 gp (1 CT unit; 1 Jaeger bn, 1 cbt diver unit)
Navy 350; 120 conscript (total 470)
LVA, EST and LTU established a joint naval unit BALTRON
with bases at Liepaja, Riga, Ventpils (LVA), Tallinn (EST),
Klaipeda (LTU), HQ at Tallinn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS • FRIGATES
•FFL 1 Grisha III (†) with 2 twin 533mm ASTT (4 eff.), 1
twin (2 eff.), 2 RBU 6000 Smerch 2 (24 eff.)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 7
PB 2 Standard Flex 300 (DNK Flyvefisken) (Patrol fit) with
1 76mm gun, (1 additional vessel due on transfer from
DNK)
PFB 2 Storm
PBR 3 (Harbour Security Provision)
MINE WARFARE • MINE COUNTERMEASURES
MHC 2 Suduvis (Lindau)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 2
AG 1 Vidar
SPT 1 (Used for SAR)
fACILITIEs
Base Located at Klaipeda
Air force 950
Flying hours 120 hrs/year
fORCEs By ROLE
Air base, Airspace Surveillance and Control Command
(ASSCC), AD btn, armament and equipment repair
depot
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT
TPT 5: 3 C-27J Spartan; 2 L-410 Turbolet
TRG 2 L-39ZA Albatros
HELICOPTERS • SPT: 9 Mi-8 Hip (tpt/SAR)
AD • RBS-70 AD system
Joint Logistics support Command 850
fORCEs By ROLE
Log 1 spt bn (forward); 1 spt bn (main)
Joint Training and Doctrine Command
(TRADOC) 670 Conscripts 480 (Total 1,350)
Facilities 3 (Each service has a training school)
Recce 1 trg centre
Engr 1 trg centre
Trg 1 regt
Paramilitary 14,600
riflemen Union 9,600
State Border Guard Service 5,000
Ministry of Internal Affairs
naTO Europe
coast Guard 540
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • PCC 3
AMPHIBIOUS • LC • ACV 1 UCAC
DEPLOyMENT
147
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1992)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By parliament
(Art. 67, 138, 142)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 250
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 1
IRAQ
NATO • NTM-I 4
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Guardian 36
OSCE • Kosovo 1
fOREIgN fORCEs
Germany NATO Baltic Air Policing 100; 6 F-4F Phantom II
Luxembourg LUX
Euro € 2008 2009 2010
GDP € 36.7bn 34.8bn
US$ 54.0bn 51.9bn
per capita US$ 111,049 105,618
Growth % 0.7 -4.8
inflation % 4.0 -0.3
Def exp € 158m
US$ 232m
Def bdgt € 120m
US$ 176m
US$1=€ 0.68 0.67
Population 491,775
Foreign citizens: ε124,000
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 10% 3% 3% 3% 24% 6%
Female 9% 3% 3% 3% 24% 8%
Europe (naTO)