what sort of military does iceland have?

Question

i was reading a link my firend sent me about icelands economy and general geographical info on the country, does anyone have any links the countires military,i know the population is only about 250 k and most live in and around a capital but pls if u have any links can u pls paste them on here, Takk fyrir,Góða nótt

Answer 1

i don't think they have one since thier population is only about 270 k, even if they did i don't think it would be affective, maybe they are armed with cans of coke since they are the worlds largest consumers on coke.

Answer 2

When Iceland became a founding member of NATO in 1949, it did so on the explicit understanding that Iceland, which has not had an army since 1859, would not be expected to establish an indigenous force, although provisions for such forces had been made in the Icelandic constitution since 1874, only removed in 1995. Therefore Iceland has no regular military forces; Police, Icelandic Coast Guard and Icelandic Crisis Response Unit. They do have a US military presence.

Military manpower: All combined: 1048-1052+.

Answer 3

Defense was provided by a predominantly United States-manned NATO base in Miðnesheiði near Keflavík. Iceland has a Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæslan) and a counter-terrorism team named Sérsveit Ríkislögreglustjóra (English: "The Special Operations Task Force of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police"), commonly referred to as Víkingasveitin (The Viking Team or Viking Squad) similar to the German GSG 9. [5]. Iceland also possesses an armed expeditionary peacekeeping force called the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit or Íslenska Friðargæslan.

On Sept. 30, 2006, the U.S. closed its NATO base at Keflavik Naval Air Station, ending six decades of American military presence.

Answer 4

Military branches:

no regular armed forces; Icelandic National Police, Icelandic Coast Guard (Islenska Landhelgisgaeslan) subordinate to Ministry of Justice, Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (2006)
Manpower available for military service:

males age 18-49: 69,038 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:

males age 18-49: 56,777 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

0%
Military - note:

under a 1951 bilateral agreement, Iceland's defense was provided by a US-manned Icelandic Defense Force (IDF) headquartered in Keflavik; in October 2006, all US military forces in Iceland were withdrawn; nonetheless, the US and Iceland signed a Joint Understanding to strengthen their bilateral defense relationship, including regular security consultations, military communications in the event of national emergencies, annual bilateral exercises on Icelandic territory, and future bilateral and NATO support to four Iceland Air Defense System (IADS) radar sites

Answer 5

Up until October of this year - Iceland used the US. With the rise of isolationism in the US and the perception that European nations are not really our friends the US has been scaling back our commitments to nations who have never done anything for us.

Answer 6

A snowball brigade.