Editing Slovak Armed Forces (section)

==Missions==
As of 2021, Slovakia has 169 military personnel deployed in [[Cyprus]] for [[UNFICYP]] [[United Nations]] led [[Peacekeeping|peace support operation]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/contributors/2014/jun14_3.pdf|title=United Nations Mission´s Summary detailed by Country 2014|date=30 June 2014|website=Un.org|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321071138/http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/contributors/2014/jun14_3.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/contributors.shtml |title=Troop and police contributors. United Nations Peacekeeping |access-date=2016-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006132340/http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/contributors.shtml |archive-date=6 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and 41 troops deployed in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] for [[EUFOR Althea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euforbih.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2354:eufor-exercise-quick-response-2-begins&catid=105:press-statements&Itemid=70|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221132639/http://www.euforbih.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2354:eufor-exercise-quick-response-2-begins&catid=105:press-statements&Itemid=70|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 December 2013|title=EUFOR "Exercise Quick Response 2" begins|author=Jasmin|work=EUFOR ALTHEA|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref>

The country has been an active participant in US- and NATO-led military actions and involved in many [[List of United Nations peacekeeping missions|United Nations peacekeeping military missions]]: [[United Nations Protection Force|UNPROFOR in the Yugoslavia]] (1992–1995), [[United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda|UNOMUR in Uganda and Rwanda]] (1993-1994), [[United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda|UNAMIR in Rwanda]] (1993-1996), [[United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium|UNTAES in Croatia]] (1996-1998), [[United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia|UNOMIL in Liberia]] (1993-1997), [[United Nations Observer Mission in Angola|MONUA in Angola]] (1997-1999), [[Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina|SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (1999-2003), [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE mission in Moldova]] (1998-2002), [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE mission in Albania]] (1999), [[Kosovo Force|KFOR in Kosovo]] (1999-2002), [[UNGCI|UNGCI in Iraq]] (2000-2003), [[United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea|UNMEE in Ethiopia and Eritrea]] (2000-2004), [[United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor|UNMISET in East Timor]] (2001), [[European Union Military Operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia|EUFOR Concordia in Macedonia]] (2003), [[United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone|UNAMSIL in Sierra Leone]] (1999-2005), [[International response to the War in Darfur|EU supporting action to African Union in Darfur]] (2006), [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] in Afghanistan (2002-2005), [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] in Iraq (2003-2007) and [[United Nations Disengagement Observer Force|UNDOF at the borders of Israel and Syria]] (1998-2008).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mosr.sk/history-of-military-operations-abroad/|title=History of military operations abroad :: Ministerstvo obrany SR}}</ref>

Since the independence of Slovakia in 1993, there have been 60 uniformed personnel deaths in the line of service to the United Nations and NATO (as of 30 April 2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013312270009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140110100326/http://www.defensenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013312270009|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2014|title=Two Slovakian Soldiers Killed in Kabul Suicide Car Bomb|work=Defense News|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usembassy.sk/20years/index.php?page=20|title=20 Years of U.S. - Slovak Diplomatic Relations|website=Usembassy.sk|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805094444/http://www.usembassy.sk/20years/index.php?page=20|archive-date=5 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/605340/readout-of-secretary-of-defense-chuck-hagels-meeting-with-the-slovakian-defense/|title=Readout of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel|work=defense.gov|access-date=19 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052255/https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/605340/readout-of-secretary-of-defense-chuck-hagels-meeting-with-the-slovakian-defense|archive-date=20 March 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>