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Switzerland Peninsula Shield Force

Switzerland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 41,285 km2 (land boundries: 1,770 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Switzerland is Bern. The number of inhabitants is 8,570,146.

Switzerland has long maintained a policy of military neutrality, but does periodically participate in EU, NATO, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Swiss law excludes participation in combat operations for peace enforcement, and Swiss units will only participate in operations under the mandate of the UN or OSCE. The Swiss Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems. The United States is the leading supplier of military armaments.

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The Peninsula Shield Force is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members of PSF: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. As of March 2011, the Peninsula Shield Force was commanded by Saudi Major General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima and has about 40 thousand troops.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 6.3 billion $ 105.4 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0.7% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 140,000 696,550
Reserve personnel: 80,000 520,000
Available for military: 1,852,580 11,870,201

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 224 1,767
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,808 16,249
Total artillery: 176 3,040
Self-propelled artillery: 176 739
Rocket artillery: 0 407

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 178 2,122
Fighter aircraft: 27 141
Multirole aircraft: 25 255
Attack aircraft: 0 157
Helicopters: 57 793
UCAV (combat drone): 0 6

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 0 205
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 11
Corvettes: 0 21
Submarines: 0 0

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Switzerland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Peninsula Shield Force

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Military service

Switzerland

19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years.

Peninsula Shield Force

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