Cyprus CYP
Capabilities
The National Guard is focused on protecting the island’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and safeguarding Cyprus’s EEZ. Its main objective is to deter any Turkish incursion, and to provide enough opposition until military support can be provided by Greece, its primary ally. Cyprus has been enhancing its defence cooperation with Greece, including on cyber defence. Nicosia has also pledged deeper military ties with Israel, while France has renewed and enhanced its defence-cooperation agreement with Cyprus, with plans to develop facilities for French vessels on the island. Having reduced conscript liability in 2016, Nicosia began recruiting additional contract-service personnel, as part of the effort to modernise and professionalise its forces. Cyprus exercises with several international partners, most notably France, Greece and Israel. External deployments have been limited to some officers joining EU and UN missions. Cyprus has little logistics capability to support operations abroad. Equipment comprises a mix of Soviet-era and modern European systems. Cyprus has little in the way of a domestic defence industry, with no ability to design and manufacture modern equipment. The government is looking for opportunities to cooperate with the Greek defence industry.
ACTIVE 15,000 (National Guard 15,000)
Paramilitary 750 Conscript liability 14 months
RESERVE 50,000 (National Guard 50,000) Reserve service to age 50 (officers dependent on rank; military doctors to age 60)
Fonte: Yhe Military Balance, 2019, London IISS
2017 2018 2019
GDP € 19.2bn 20.2bn US$ 21.7bn 24.0bn per capita
US$ 25,380 27,865
Growth % 3.9 4.0
Inflation % 0.7 0.8
Def bdgt € 352m 352m 357m
US$ 397m 417m
US$1=€ 0.89 0.84
Population 1,237,088
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 8.0% 3.1% 4.4% 4.8% 25.5% 5.2%
Female 7.6% 2.7% 3.6% 4.0% 24.2% 6.9%
Capabilities
The National Guard is focused on protecting the island’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and safeguarding Cyprus’s EEZ. Its main objective is to deter any Turkish incursion, and to provide enough opposition until military support can be provided by Greece, its primary ally. Cyprus has been enhancing its defence cooperation with Greece, including on cyber defence. Nicosia has also pledged deeper military ties with Israel, while France has renewed and enhanced its defence-cooperation agreement with Cyprus, with plans to develop facilities for French vessels on the island. Having reduced conscript liability in 2016, Nicosia began recruiting additional contract-service personnel, as part of the effort to modernise and professionalise its forces. Cyprus exercises with several international partners, most notably France, Greece and Israel. External deployments have been limited to some officers joining EU and UN missions. Cyprus has little logistics capability to support operations abroad. Equipment comprises a mix of Soviet-era and modern European systems. Cyprus has little in the way of a domestic defence industry, with no ability to design and manufacture modern equipment. The government is looking for opportunities to cooperate with the Greek defence industry.
ACTIVE 15,000 (National Guard 15,000)
Paramilitary 750 Conscript liability 14 months
RESERVE 50,000 (National Guard 50,000) Reserve service to age 50 (officers dependent on rank; military doctors to age 60)
Fonte: Yhe Military Balance, 2019, London IISS
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