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Military branches:
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no regular military forces; Icelandic National Police (2008)
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Manpower available for military service:
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males age 16-49: 74,896 (2008 est.)
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Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 16-49: 62,342 (2008 est.)
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Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
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male: 2,393
female: 2,317 (2008 est.)
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Military expenditures:
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0% of GDP (2005 est.)
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Military - note:
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Iceland has no standing military force; under a 1951 bilateral agreement - still valid - its defense was provided by the US-manned Icelandic Defense Force (IDF) headquartered at Keflavik; however, all US military forces in Iceland were withdrawn as of October 2006; although wartime defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment, in April 2007, Iceland and Norway signed a bilateral agreement providing for Norwegian aerial surveillance and defense of Icelandic airspace
(2008)
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