Editing Suriname (section)

=== Military ===
{{main|Military of Suriname}}
The Armed Forces of Suriname have three branches: the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy. The president of the Republic is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (''Opperbevelhebber van de Strijdkrachten''). The president is assisted by the minister of defence. Beneath the president and minister of defence is the commander of the armed forces (''Bevelhebber van de Strijdkrachten''). The military branches and regional military commands report to the commander.

After the creation of the [[Statute of the Kingdom of the Netherlands]], the [[Royal Netherlands Army]] was entrusted with the defense of Suriname, while the defense of the [[Netherlands Antilles]] was the responsibility of the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]]. The army set up a separate ''Troepenmacht in Suriname'' (Forces in Suriname, TRIS). Upon independence in 1975, this force was turned into the ''Surinaamse Krijgsmacht'' (SKM):, Surinamese Armed Forces. After the 1980 overthrow of the government, the SKM was rebranded as the ''Nationaal Leger'' (NL), National Army.

In 1965, the Dutch and Americans used Suriname's Coronie site for multiple Nike Apache [[sounding rocket]] launches.<ref>{{cite web|author=Discover Suriname|title=About Suriname {{pipe}} Discover Suriname|url=http://www.discover-suriname.com/about-suriname|website=www.discover-suriname.com}}</ref>