Editor's Foreword

164 ThE MiliTary BalancE 2010
Trg 2 sqn with EC-120B Colibri; S-76C; 1 sqn
with E-26 (T-35) Pillan; 1 sqn with CASA
C-101 Aviojet; 1 sqn with CASA 212 Aviocar
canary island air command (Gando)
1 Wg
FGA 1 sqn with EF-18 (F/A-18) Hornet
SAR 1 sqn with F-27 Friendship; HU-21 (AS-332)
Super Puma
Tpt 1 detachment with 2 CN-235
logistic Support air command (Madrid)
Trials and
Testing
1 sqn with F-5A Freedom Fighter test; F-1
Mirage test; EF-18 (F/A-18) Hornet test; CASA
212 Aviocar test; CASA C-101 Aviojet test
Emergencies Military Unit (UME)
fORCEs By ROLE
HQ 1 (div)
Air 1 gp with Firefighting planes belonging to
the Air Force
1 emergency hel bn belonging to the Army
Aviation (FAMET)
Emergency 5 bn
Intervention
Paramilitary 80,210
Guardia civil 79,950
9 regions, 56 Rural Comds
fORCEs By ROLE
Inf 17 (Tercios) regt
Spec Op 10 (rural) gp
Sy 6 (traffic) gp; 1 (Special) bn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
APC (W) 18 BLR
HELICOPTERS
ARMED 26 Bo-105ATH
UTL 12: 8 BK-117; 4 EC135P2
Guardia civil Del Mar 760
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 53
PCC 15
PCI 1
PBF 22
PB 15
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1978)
Specific legislation: ‘Ley Orgánica de la Defensa
Nacional’ (2005)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: a) By
the government (Art. 6 of the ‘Defence Law’); b)
parliamentary approval is required for military operations
‘which are not directly related to the defence of Spain or
national interests’ (Art. 17 of the ‘Defence Law’)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 1,000; 1 inf bn
ARABIAN gULf AND INDIAN OCEAN
EU • Operation Atalanta 1 FFG; 1 P-3A Orion
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 316; Army: 1 inf bn HQ; 1
inf coy; 1 recce pl
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 4
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Of CONgO
UN • MONUC 2 obs
LEBANON
UN • UNIFIL 1,045; 1 inf bn; 1 avn coy
sERBIA
OSCE • Kosovo 10
UN • UNMIK 1 obs
fOREIgN fORCEs
United States US European Command Army 90; Navy
689; USAF 350; USMC 145; 1 air base located at Morón; 1
naval base located at Rota
Turkey TUR
new Turkish lira l 2008 2009 2010
GDP L 950bn 960bn
US$ 731bn 658bn
per capita US$ 9,642 8,561
Growth % 0.9 -6.5
inflation % 10.4 6.3
Def exp a L 17.6bn
US$ 13.5bn
Def bdgt L 13.3bn 14.5bn
US$ 10.2bn 9.9bn
FMa (US) US$ 6.8m 1.0m 5.0m
US$1=l 1.30 1.46
a including coast guard and gendarmerie
Population 76,805,524
Ethnic groups: Kurds ε20%
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 13% 5% 5% 5% 20% 3%
Female 13% 5% 5% 5% 19% 4%
capabilities
ACTIVE 510,600 (army 402,000 navy 48,600 air
60,000) Paramilitary 102,200
Terms of service 15 months. Reserve service to age of 41 for
all services. Active figure reducing
REsERVE 378,700 (army 258,700 navy 55,000 air
65,000) Paramilitary 50,000