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Armed forces personnel
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5,000 |
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[129th of 166]
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Branches
National Armed Forces (Nacionalo Brunoto Speku): Ground Forces, Navy (Latvijas Juras Speki; includes Coast Guard (Latvijas Kara Flotes)), Latvian Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki), Border Guard, Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) |
Conscription
Conscription exists (ECCO). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$14,000,000.00 |
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[64th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.72 %
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[55th of 145]
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Expenditures
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1.2 % of GDP |
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[59th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$87,000,000.00 |
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[18th of 111]
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Iraq Coalition casualties
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1 |
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[16th of 18]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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565,826 |
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[129th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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592,562 |
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[138th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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14,506 |
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[150th of 226]
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personnel
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5,000
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[142nd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.46 %
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[125th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2007; under current law, every citizen is entitled to serve in the armed forces for life |
WMD > Biological
Latvia acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in February 1997 and joined the Australia Group in June 2004. There is no evidence to suggest that Riga possesses or is developing biological weapons. |
WMD > Chemical
Latvia is a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention and joined the Australia Group in June 2004. There is no evidence that Riga possesses or seeks to develop chemical weapons. |
WMD > Missile
Latvian facilities that once supplied the former Soviet Union with commodities controlled by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), such as thermal protection materials for spaceships, electronics, radars, and sensors for missiles, no longer produce or export such items. Latvia has a List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies and controls the export of other domestically-produced components that could be used to build aircraft and missiles. |
WMD > Nuclear
The Latvian Institute of Nuclear Physics at Salaspils, located 20 miles from Riga, houses a 5MW research reactor and a zero power reactor. On 25 May 2005, 2.5kg of fresh HEU fuel were removed from the Salaspils reactor and returned to Russia. The timeline for removing the spent fuel stored at Salaspils is less certain, however. Latvia is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and party to both the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). In addition, Riga has signed an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
WMD > Overview
Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, Latvia regained its independence in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. Latvia has since joined relevant international treaties, regimes, and organizations, including both NATO and the European Union in the spring of 2004. Latvia does not possess or produce nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. |
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