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Armed forces growth
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-16 |
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[88th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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12,000 |
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[104th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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4,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[73rd of 100]
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Branches
Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps (Aer-Chor na h-Eireann)) |
Conscription
No conscription. |
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Conventional arms imports
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$25,000,000.00 |
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[56th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.57 %
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[110th of 145]
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Expenditures
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0.9 % of GDP |
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[67th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$700,000,000.00 |
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[8th of 111]
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Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid
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$3,530,000.00 |
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[26th of 40]
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M2 Browning machine gun > International usage > NATO Member
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no |
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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1,024,276 |
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[114th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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1,024,635 |
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[125th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,020,180 |
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[123rd of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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17 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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28,610 |
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[134th of 226]
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personnel
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10,000
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[132nd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.48 %
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[121st of 168]
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Service age and obligation
17-25 years of age for male or female voluntary military service (17-27 years of age for the Naval Service); enlistees 16 years of age can be recruited for apprentice specialist positions; maximum obligation 12 years; 17-35 years of age for the Reserve Defense Forces; EU citizenship or 5-year residence in Ireland required |
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Weapon holdings
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112,000 |
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[113rd of 137]
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SOURCES: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; Wikipedia: M2 Browning machine gun
; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Ireland, ireland republic, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic
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