Editor's Foreword

150 ThE MiliTary BalancE 2010
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 87 combat capable
FGA 87 F-16 MLU AM/F-16 MLU BM Fighting Falcon
TKR 2 KDC-10
TPT 8: 1 DC-10; 2 C-130H; 4 C-130H-30 Hercules; 1
Gulfstream IV
TRG 13 PC-7 Turbo Trainer
HELICOPTERS
ATK 29 AH-64D Apache
ASW/SAR 21: SH-14D Lynx (to be replaced by 12 NH-90
NFH and 8 NH-90 TNFH, starting 2010)
SPT 11 CH-47D Chinook
UTL 24: 3 AB-412SP Griffin; 17 AS-532U2 Cougar II; 4 SA-
316 Alouette III
AD • SAM
TOWED 32 MIM-104 Patriot (TMD capable with 136
PAC-3 msl, of which 32 delivered)
MANPAD 284 FIM-92A Stinger
MSL
AAM AIM-120B AMRAAM; AIM-9L/M/N Sidewinder
ASM AGM-114K Hellfire; AGM-65D/G Maverick
BOMBS
Conventional Mk 82; Mk 84
Laser-guided GBU-10/ GBU-12 Paveway II; GBU-24
Paveway III (all supported by LANTIRN)
fACILITIEs
Air Bases 5: 2 F-16, 1 land hel, 1 maritime hel, 1 trg
Royal Military Constabulary 6,078
Subordinate to the Ministry of Defence, but performs most
of its work under the authority of other ministries.
fORCEs By ROLE
Paramilitary 6 district (total: 60 Paramilitary ‘bde’)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIFV 24 YPR-765
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1815)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By the
government (Art. 98)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 2,160; Army: 1 air aslt bde HQ; 1 armd inf
BG; some YPR-765; 12 Fennek; 3 Pzh SP; some Sperwer
UAV Navy: 1 Marine inf coy; some BVS-10 Viking Air
Force: 4-8 F-16 Fighting Falcon; 5 AH-64D Apache; 5 AS-
332U2 Cougar; 1 C-130; 1 KDC-10
ARABIAN gULf AND INDIAN OCEAN
EU • Operation Atalanta 1 FFG
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 73
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
BURUNDI
UN • BINUB 1 obs
CURAÇAO
Navy Base located at Willemstad
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Of CONgO
EU • EUSEC RD Congo 3
gERMANy
Air Force 300
IRAQ
NATO • NTM-I 7
MIDDLE EAsT
UN • UNTSO 12 obs
NETHERLANDs ANTILLEs
(NLD, Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles operate
a Coast Guard Force to combat org crime and drug
smuggling. Comd by Netherlands Commander
Caribbean. HQ Curaçao, bases Aruba and St. Maarten.)
Navy 20; 1 FFG Marines 1 (cbt) amph det; 1 coy at Aruba;
1 base located at Willemstad
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 8
OSCE • Serbia 3
OSCE • Kosovo 3
sUDAN
UN • UNMIS 2; 12 obs
UN • UNAMID 1
fOREIgN fORCEs
United Kingdom Air Force 120
United States US European Command: Army 253; Navy
23; USAF: 237; USMC 15
Norway NOR
norwegian Kroner kr 2008 2009 2010
GDP kr 2.54tr 2.44tr
US$ 452bn 435bn
per capita US$ 97,271 93,335
Growth % 2.1 -1.9
inflation % 3.6 2.5
Def exp kr 33.1bn
US$ 5.86bn
Def bdgt kr 31.5bn 33.5bn 34.9bn
US$ 5.59bn 5.94bn
US$1=kr 5.64 5.63
Population 4,660,539
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 10% 3% 3% 3% 24% 6%
Female 10% 3% 3% 3% 23% 7%
capabilities
ACTIVE 24,025 (army 7,900 navy 3,550 air 2,500,
home Guard 475, central Support 9,600)
Terms of service: conscription with maximum 18 months
of duty. Conscripts initially serve 12 months at the age