Ice Military - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Military and security forces

no regular military forces; Ministry of Interior: Icelandic Coast Guard (includes both air and maritime elements); Icelandic National Police (2021)

Military and security service personnel strengths

the Icelandic Coast Guard has approximately 250 personnel (2021)

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the Icelandic Coast Guard's inventory consists of equipment from European suppliers (2020)

Military - note

Iceland was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; Iceland is the only NATO member that has no standing military force; defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment and NATO maintains an air policing presence in Icelandic airspace; Iceland participates in international peacekeeping missions with the civilian-manned Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)

NOTE: The information regarding Ice on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ice 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ice 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.