Editing Chile (section)

===Military===
{{Main|Military of Chile}}

[[File:Almirante Blanco Encalada (FF-15).jpg|thumb|[[Karel Doorman-class frigate]] of [[Chilean Navy]]]]
[[File:Chilean_F-16_MLU.jpg|thumb|[[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] of [[Chilean Air Force]]]]

The Armed Forces of Chile are subject to civilian control exercised by the president through the Minister of Defense. The president has the authority to remove the commanders-in-chief of the armed forces.<ref name="countrystudies"/>

The commander-in-chief of the [[Chilean Army]] is [[Army General]] [[Ricardo Martínez Menanteau]]. The Chilean Army is 45,000 strong and is organized with an Army headquarters in Santiago, six divisions throughout its territory, an Air Brigade in [[Rancagua]], and a Special Forces Command in [[Colina, Chile|Colina]]. The Chilean Army is one of the most professional and technologically advanced armies in Latin America.<ref name="countrystudies"/>

Admiral [[Julio Leiva Molina]] directs the around 25,000-person [[Chilean Navy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensa.cl/noticias/almirante-julio-leiva-nuevo-comandante-en-jefe-de-la-armada/ |title=Almirante Julio Leiva Nuevo Comandante en Jefe de la Armada |publisher=Ministry of Defence of Chile |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-date=24 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924092317/http://www.defensa.cl/noticias/almirante-julio-leiva-nuevo-comandante-en-jefe-de-la-armada/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> including 2,500 Marines. Of the fleet of 29 surface vessels, only eight are operational major combatants (frigates). Those ships are based in [[Valparaíso]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armada.cl/p4_ingles/site/artic/20050719/pags/20050719132710.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610100514/http://www.armada.cl/p4_ingles/site/artic/20050719/pags/20050719132710.html |archive-date=10 June 2007 |title=The National Fleet |publisher=Chilean Navy |access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> The Navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no Navy fighter or bomber aircraft. The Navy also operates four submarines based in [[Talcahuano]].<ref name="countrystudies"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armada.cl/p4_ingles/site/artic/20050719/pags/20050719132849.html |title=Submarine Force |access-date=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610100430/http://www.armada.cl/p4_ingles/site/artic/20050719/pags/20050719132849.html |archive-date=10 June 2007 }}</ref>

Air Force General (four-star) Jorge Rojas Ávila heads the 12,500-strong [[Chilean Air Force]]. Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered in Iquique, Antofagasta, Santiago, Puerto Montt, and Punta Arenas. The Air Force also operates [[Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva|an airbase]] on [[King George Island (South Shetland Islands)|King George Island]], Antarctica. The Air Force took delivery of the final two of ten F-16s, all purchased from the U.S., in March 2007 after several decades of U.S. debate and previous refusal to sell. Chile also took delivery in 2007 of a number of reconditioned Block 15 F-16s from the Netherlands, bringing to 18 the total of F-16s purchased from the Dutch.<ref name="countrystudies"/>

After the military coup in September 1973, the [[Carabineros de Chile|Chilean national police]] (Carabineros) were incorporated into the Defense Ministry. With the return of democratic government, the police were placed under the operational control of the Interior Ministry but remained under the nominal control of the Defense Ministry. Gen. Gustavo González Jure is the head of the national police force of 40,964<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carabineros.cl/sitioweb/web/verSeccion.do?cod=239&codContenido=429 |title=Carabineros de Chile |date=24 October 2007 |access-date=13 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312050416/http://www.carabineros.cl/sitioweb/web/verSeccion.do?cod=239&codContenido=429 |archive-date=12 March 2012 }}</ref> men and women who are responsible for law enforcement, traffic management, narcotics suppression, border control, and counter-terrorism throughout Chile.<ref name="countrystudies"/>

In 2017, Chile 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=19 August 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>

Chile is the 64th most peaceful country in the world, according to the 2024 [[Global Peace Index]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Global Peace Index |url=https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf |access-date=16 August 2024 |archive-date=19 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819091540/https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>