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Switzerland:
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Other pages in this profile of Switzerland:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe); Switzerland has no navy, but maintains a fleet of military patrol boats to patrol Swiss borders (2006) |
Military service age and obligation |
19 years of age for male compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; the Swiss Constitution states that "every Swiss male is obliged to do military service"; every Swiss male has to serve for at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training over the next 10 years; women are accepted on a voluntary basis but are not conscripted (2005) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 19-49: 1,707,694 females age 19-49: 1,662,099 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 19-49: 1,375,889 females age 19-49: 1,342,945 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 46,319 females age 19-49: 43,829 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
1% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
none |
Illicit drugs |
a major international financial center vulnerable to the layering and integration stages of money laundering; despite significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and Western European synthetics; domestic cannabis cultivation and limited ecstasy production |
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