word | | Military - note |
| Armed | Laos | serving one of the world's least developed countries, the Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF) is small, poorly funded, and ineffectively resourced; its mission focus is border and internal security, primarily ... |
| armed | Samoa | Samoa has no formal defense structure or regular armed forces; informal defense ties exist with NZ, which is required to consider any Samoan request for assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship |
| Armed | Sao Tome and Principe | ... aimed at improving the army and its focus on realistic security concerns; command is exercised from the president, through the Minister of Defense, to the Chief of the Armed Forces staff (2005 |
| Armed | Turkey | ... over the military since first taking power in 2002 and reduced the role of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in internal security, increasing the responsibility to the Turkish National Police (TNP) in ... |
| army | Cuba | ... economic and logistic support and had a significant impact on the state of Cuban equipment; the army remains well trained and professional in nature; while the lack of replacement parts for its ... |
| Army | Laos | ... groups; together with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the government, the Lao People's Army (LPA) is the third pillar of state machinery, and as such is expected to suppress ... |
| army | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome and Principe's army is a tiny force with almost no resources at its disposal and would be wholly ineffective operating unilaterally; infantry equipment is considered simple to operate and ... |
| Assembly | Panama | ... reformed the security apparatus by creating the Panamanian Public Forces; in October 1994, Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force but allowing the ... |
| asserted | Turkey | the ruling Justice and Development (AKP) has incrementally asserted its supremacy over the military since first taking power in 2002 and reduced the role of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in internal ... |
| assistance | Kiribati | Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ |
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