Faroe Islands Military - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Military and security forces

no regular military forces or conscription; the Government of Denmark has responsibility for defense; as such, the Danish military’s Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk, Greenland is responsible for territorial defense of the Faroe Islands; the Joint Arctic Command has a contact element in the capital of Torshavn (2019)

Military - note

the Danish military’s Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk is responsible for the defense of the Faroe Islands

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