Estonian Defence Forces

<p>The Estonian Defence Forces  is the unified <a href="/facts/Military/kgNmLUnN">military force</a> of the <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Republic of Estonia</a>. The Estonian Defence Forces consists of the <a href="/facts/Estonian_Land_Forces/cI5wKBIl">Estonian Land Forces</a>, the <a href="/facts/Estonian_Navy/x2r3rxq7">Estonian Navy</a>, the <a href="/facts/Estonian_Air_Force/r4jKc3my">Estonian Air Force</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Paramilitary/mevWLG3M">paramilitary</a> <a href="/facts/Estonian_Defence_League/rN5RYLdf">Estonian Defence League</a>. The national defence policy aims to guarantee the preservation of the <a href="/facts/Independence/5FLmL8qT">independence</a> and <a href="/facts/Sovereignty/QnYhTTem">sovereignty</a> of the state and maintain the <a href="/facts/Integrity/2JwWgnvN">integrity</a> of its land area, territorial waters, airspace, and constitutional order. Its main goals remain the development and maintenance of a credible <a href="/facts/Capability_(systems_engineering)/21aVYBep">capability</a> to defend the nation's vital interests and of the defence forces in a way that ensures their <a href="/facts/Interoperability/7WgqUbXU">interoperability</a> with the armed forces of <a href="/facts/NATO/dCeTddMY">NATO</a> and <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a> member states in order to participate in the full range of missions for these military alliances.
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Estonian Defence Forces