Editor's Foreword

coast Guard
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 11
PCI 11: 7 Zhuk; 2 Point; 2 Dauntless (all less than 100
tonnes)
Ministry of interior Troops 6,300
DEPLOyMEnT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment of armed
forces:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1995)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By the presidency
upon parliamentary approval (Art. 100)
AFghAnIsTAn
NATO • ISAF 1
sErbIA
OSCE • Serbia 1
OSCE • Kosovo 4
TErrITOry WhErE ThE gOVErnMEnT
DOEs nOT EXErCIsE EFFECTIVE
COnTrOL
Following the August 2008 war between Russia and
Georgia, the areas of Abkhazia and South Ossetia declared
themselves independent. Data presented here represent
the de facto situation and does not imply international
recognition as sovereign states.
FOrEIgn FOrCEs
Russia Army ε3,400; 2 MR bde; at locations incl Gudauta
(Abkhazia), Djava and Tskhinvali (S. Ossetia)
Ireland IRL
euro € 2008 2009 2010
GDP € 181bn
US$ 266bn
per capita US$ 64,044
Growth % -3.0 -7.5
inflation % 3.1 -1.6
Def bdgt € 1,000m 1,031m
US$ 1.47bn 1.53bn
US$1=€ 068 0.67
Population 4,203,200
age 0 – 14 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 64 65 plus
Male 11% 4% 4% 4% 22% 5%
Female 10% 4% 4% 4% 22% 6%
capabilities
ACTIVE 10,460 (army 8,500 navy 1,110 air 850)
rEsErVE 14,875 (army 14,500 navy 300 air 75)
OrgAnIsATIOns by sErVICE
Army ε8,500
FOrCEs by rOLE
Armd Recce 1 sqn
non-naTO europe
185
Inf 3 bde (each: 3 inf bn, 1 cav recce sqn, 1 fd
arty regt (2 fd arty bty), 1 fd engr coy, 1 log
bn)
Ranger 1 coy
AD 1 regt (1 AD bty)
Constr Engr 1 coy
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
LT TK 14 Scorpion
RECCE 52: 15 Piranha IIIH; 18 AML-20; 19 AML-90
APC (W) 67: 65 Piranha III; 2 XA-180 Sisu
ARTY 495
TOWED 24: 105mm 24 L-118 Light Gun
MOR 471: 81mm 400; 120mm 71
AT
MSL • MANPATS 57: 36 Javelin; 21 Milan
RCL 84mm 444 Carl Gustav
RL 84mm AT-4
AD
SAM • MANPAD 7 RBS-70
GUNS • TOWED 40mm 32 L/70 each with 8 Flycatcher
reserves 14,500 reservists
The Reserve consists of two levels. Of these the
‘Integrated’ Reserve would provide nine rifle companies
(one per regular infantry battalion, three cavalry troops
(one per regular squadron) and three field batteries (one
per regular field artillery regiment) on mobilisation. The
three reserve brigades form the ‘Non-Integrated’ Reserve
and unlike the regular infantry battalions their component
battalions have a variable number of rifle companies, five
having four companies each, three having three and one
having only two.
Cav 3 tps (integrated)
Inf 3 bde (non integrated) (each: 1 fd arty regt
(2 fd arty bty), 1 fd engr coy, 1 cav recce
sqn,1 log bn)
Inf 9 coy (integrated ); 9 inf bn (non
integrated 31 coy)
SF 1 coy (2 asslt pl, 1spt pl
Arty 3 bty (integrated)
Log 1 bn
AD 3 bty
navy 1,110
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 8
PSOH 1 Eithne with 1 hel landing platform
PSO 7: 3 Emer; 2 Orla (UK Peacock) each with 1 76mm
gun; 2 Roisin each with 1 76mm gun
FACILITIEs
Bases Located at Cork, Haulbowline
europe
(non-naTO)