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Countries with United States military bases and facilities. The U.S. military maintains hundreds of military installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases in 55 countries and territories, as of July 2024). Some American bases are also NATO-led with forces from multiple countries.
The European Union (EU) has undertaken a number of overseas missions and operations, drawing on civilian and military capabilities, in several countries across three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia), as part of its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
Cyprus Operations Support Unit; Cyprus Military Working Dog Troop; Cyprus Joint Police Unit (CJPU) Dhekelia Cantonment. 1st Battalion, The Rifles [22] Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) Ayios Nikolaos Station, in the ESBA, is an ELINT (electronic intelligence) listening station of the UKUSA Agreement intelligence network. [23]
Within British Forces Cyprus are a number of permanently based units; however, the large proportion of British forces in Cyprus are rotated between Cyprus and the UK: Permanent Units. HQ, British Forces Cyprus; Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) [11] (Ayios Nikolaos Station) Regimental Headquarters; 234 Signal Squadron; 840 Signal Squadron RAF
Major arms orders were also placed with France, one of the few European powers still willing to support weapon deliveries to Cyprus. In 1984, Cyprus purchased from France a total of 27 VAB-VCI infantry fighting vehicles with 20mm cannon (delivered 1985–1988) along with 100 VAB-VTT armored personnel carriers (delivered 1985–1988).
Tanker support and logistical units were based here to support aerial operations over the country. [ 18 ] In August 2013, six RAF Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft were deployed to Akrotiri to defend the base, "to ensure the protection of UK interests and the defence of our sovereign base areas at a time of heightened tension in the wider region".
The Republic of Cyprus has a modest diplomatic presence. Most of its missions are located in fellow member-states of the European Union , and in the Middle Eastern countries , with which it shares historic and cultural linkages.
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