Since Estonia joined NATO in 2004, Estonia has participated in many joint military operations using its Estonian Defence Forces. Estonia has also participated...

participates in the EU's anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. The Estonian military employs STANAG (NATO interoperable) weapons and equipment...

Organization (NATO) existed as an alliance and conducted joint military exercises throughout the Cold War period, it engaged in no military operations during...

NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian War. Although SFOR was led by NATO, several non-NATO countries...

provide surveillance of Estonian air space and support the country's ground forces. In addition, the air force hosts units from other NATO countries at its single...

20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour. In 1995, NATO was tasked by the United Nations (UN) to carry out the...

numerous times in NATO's naval joint-exercises. The Merevägi was founded on November 21, 1918. The foundation and development of the Estonian Navy rely greatly...

specialists for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original...

NATO members. Such was the case in the lead up to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Allied Command Operations (ACO) is the NATO command responsible for NATO operations...

component of NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force in enablement and rapid military mobility, 18–20 January in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia...

ministers discussed the need for increased contributions to NATO. During these discussions, Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur stated:  “The Baltic countries...

equipment used by NATO. The page is sorted by countries listed alphabetically. After the country-specific lists is an overview of NATO military equipment...

The Estonian Special Operations Force (Estonian: Erioperatsioonide väejuhatus; ESTSOF) is the command charged with overseeing the special operations units...

cyberattacks was the creation of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia. The Estonian government was quick to blame the...

Presence (EFP) is a NATO-allied forward-deployed defense and deterrence military force in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. This posture in Northern Europe...

surveyed supported joining NATO, while 60% were opposed. Albania Belgium Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece...

deployed at the following NATO commands: Belgium Allied Command Operations, in Casteau NATO Communications and Information Agency, in Brussels Czech Republic...

air-policing mission is a NATO air defence Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in order to guard the airspace above the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...

European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last...

Netherlands. It is the only time in NATO's history its collective defense provisions have been invoked. Two small military operations were ultimately authorized...

expeditionary operations. It consists of the United Kingdom, the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden), the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia...

NATO CCD COE, officially the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (Estonian: K5 or NATO küberkaitsekoostöö keskus), is one of NATO Centres...

accession to NATO of seven new members (Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia) in March 2004, the Baltic States Estonia, Latvia...

Operation Atlantic Resolve, refers to military activities in response to Russian operations in Ukraine, mainly the War in Donbas. It was funded under...

participate in missions outside the national territory and perform operations to protect the territory of Estonia, also in co-operation with the Allies...

Finland's NATO membership. The majority of languages in both countries are Finnic languages, as Finland's main language, Finnish, is related to Estonian, and...

social climate in the Republic of Estonia. According to the Estonian Internal Security Service, Russian influence operations in Estonia form a complex...

Resolute Support Mission (RSM) or Operation Resolute Support was a NATO-led multinational mission in Afghanistan. It began on 1 January 2015 as the successor...

Estonian Defence Forces Cyber Command (Estonian: Küberväejuhatus) is an Estonian Military command that is responsible for conducting cyber operations...

governments of the current NATO members. In November 2002, NATO invited seven countries to join it via the MAP: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania...