Military
Luxembourg's contribution to its defence and to NATO consists of a small army. Being a landlocked country, it has no navy. It also has no air force. However 18 NATO Airborne Warning And Control System airplanes ware registered as aircraft of Luxembourg as a matter of political and aviational convenience.
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