Editing Colombia (section)

=== Military ===
{{Main|Military Forces of Colombia}}
[[File:Arc fragata caldas.jpg|thumb|[[Colombian Navy]] [[Frigate]] [[Almirante Padilla-class frigate|ARC ''Caldas'']]]]

The executive branch of government is responsible for managing the defense of Colombia, with the President [[commander-in-chief]] of the armed forces. The [[Ministry of National Defence (Colombia)|Ministry of Defence]] exercises day-to-day control of the military and the [[Colombian National Police]]. Colombia has 455,461 active military personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asosec.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Logros_Sector_Defensa.pdf|title=Military Personnel – Logros de la Política Integral de Seguridad y Defensa para la Prosperidad|language=es|publisher=mindefensa|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-date=23 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623061949/http://asosec.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Logros_Sector_Defensa.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, 3.4% of the country's GDP went towards military expenditure, placing it 24th in the world. Colombia's armed forces are the largest in Latin America, and it is the second largest spender on its military after Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/Milex-constant-2015-USD.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/Milex-constant-2015-USD.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live|title=Military spending|publisher=sipri.org|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/Milex-share-of-GDP.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/Milex-share-of-GDP.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live |title=Military expenditure (% of GDP)|publisher=sipri.org|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Colombia signed the UN [[treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament&nbsp;– No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=17 November 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806220546/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Colombian military is divided into three branches: the [[National Army of Colombia]]; the [[Colombian Aerospace Force]]; and the [[Colombian Navy]]. The National Police functions as a [[gendarmerie]], operating independently from the military as the law enforcement agency for the entire country. Each of these operates with their own intelligence apparatus separate from the [[National Intelligence Directorate (Colombia)|National Intelligence Directorate]] (DNI, in Spanish).<ref name="The Colombian military">{{cite web|title=Colombian Constitution of 1991 (Title VII: The Executive Branch – Chapter VII: The Public Force)|language=es|publisher=banrepcultural.org|access-date=20 May 2017|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/derecho/constitucion-politica-de-colombia-1991/titulo-7-capitulo-7|archive-date=21 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521193530/http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/derecho/constitucion-politica-de-colombia-1991/titulo-7-capitulo-7|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The National Army is formed by divisions, brigades, special brigades, and special units,<ref name="The National Army">{{cite web|url=http://www.ejercito.mil.co/?idcategoria=253869|title=Military units|language=es|publisher=ejercito.mil.co|access-date=10 March 2014|archive-date=3 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403223436/http://ejercito.mil.co/?idcategoria=253869|url-status=live}}</ref> the Colombian Navy by the [[Colombian Naval Infantry|Naval Infantry]], the Naval Force of the Caribbean, the Naval Force of the Pacific, the Naval Force of the South, the Naval Force of the East, Colombia Coast Guards, Naval Aviation, and the Specific Command of San Andres y Providencia<ref name="the National Armada">{{cite web|url=https://www.armada.mil.co/es/content/fuerzas-y-comandos|title=Forces and commands|language=es|publisher=armada.mil.co|access-date=10 March 2014|archive-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208012034/http://armada.mil.co/es/content/fuerzas-y-comandos|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Aerospace Force by 15 air units.<ref name="The Air Force">{{cite web|url=https://www.fac.mil.co/unidades-aereas|title=Air units|language=es|publisher=ejercito.mil.co|access-date=10 March 2014|archive-date=17 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217104239/http://www.fac.mil.co/unidades-aereas|url-status=live}}</ref>