How a Country with No Army Is Preparing for War
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Iceland is under pressure in terms of security policy. While NATO is protecting airspace more strongly, the debate on its own armed forces is growing on the island.
Two F-16 fighter planes fly over the Keflavik airbase, their Belgian flags floating over Iceland's pale sky. In the aircraft hangar, American troops are under the huge wings of a P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft, while at sea, Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Québec sails on distant waters. However, there is an obvious absence from the military exercise – Icelandic soldiers.
Iceland, the only NATO member without a military, is becoming increasingly restless in the face of the threat of Russian submarines, which is the risk.
The constant threat of Russian submarines is putting Iceland - the only country within NATO to have no army, navy and military aviation - in front of a crossroads:...
"One thing is clearly missing from the military exercise - Icelandic soldiers," writes the British newspaper The Telegraph in its assessment of Iceland's position should Russia, China, or both nations, turn to steel.
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