Gibraltar:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Royal Gibraltar Regiment
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 6,308 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 5,244 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 190 (2008 est.)
Military - note	Definition defense is the responsibility of the UK; the Royal Gibraltar Regiment replaced the last British regular infantry forces in 1992

Disputes - international	Definition in 2002, Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly by referendum to reject any "shared sovereignty" arrangement; the government of Gibraltar insists on equal participation in talks between the UK and Spain; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar even greater autonomy