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Other pages in this profile of the Netherlands:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police, Defense Interservice Command (DICO) (2006) |
Military service age and obligation |
20 years of age for an all-volunteer force (2004) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 20-49: 3,557,918 females age 20-49: 3,470,377 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 20-49: 2,856,691 females age 20-49: 2,786,495 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 99,934 females age 20-49: 95,818 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
none |
Illicit drugs |
major European producer of synthetic drugs, including ecstasy, and cannabis cultivator; important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish entering Europe; major source of US-bound ecstasy; large financial sector vulnerable to money laundering; significant consumer of ecstasy |
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