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Barbados:
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Other pages in this profile of Barbados:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard (2007) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger requires parental consent); no conscription (2008) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 75,265 females age 16-49: 75,389 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 58,556 females age 16-49: 58,143 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 0.5% (2006 est.) |
Military - note |
Definition the Royal Barbados Defense Force includes a land-based Troop Command and a small Coast Guard; the primary role of the land element is to defend the island against external aggression; the Command consists of a single, part-time battalion with a small regular cadre that is deployed throughout the island; it increasingly supports the police in patrolling the coastline to prevent smuggling and other illicit activities (2007) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago abide by the April 2006 Permanent Court of Arbitration decision delimiting a maritime boundary and limiting catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's exclusive economic zone; joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea |
Illicit drugs |
Definition one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center |
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