Editing Namibia (section)

===Military===
{{Main|Namibian Defence Force}}
In 2023, The Global Firepower Index (GFP) reported that Namibia's [[Namibia/Military|military]] is ranked as one of the weakest in the world, at 123rd out of 145 countries. Among 34 African countries, Namibia is also poorly ranked at the 28th position.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Namibia ranked weak in military strength – Government – Namibian Sun|url=https://www.namibiansun.com/news/namibia-ranked-weak-in-military-strength2020-01-14|last=Marketing|first=Intouch Interactive|website=namibiansun.com|date=14 January 2020|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=27 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527012238/https://www.namibiansun.com/news/namibia-ranked-weak-in-military-strength2020-01-14|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite this, government spending for the [[Ministry of Defence (Namibia)|Ministry of Defence]] stood at N$5,885 million (a 1.2% decrease from the previous financial year).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Namibia Budget on a Plate|url=https://www.pwc.com/na/en/assets/pdf/2019-budget-tabloid.pdf|date=6 May 2020|website=PWC Namibia|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=27 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527010729/https://www.pwc.com/na/en/assets/pdf/2019-budget-tabloid.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> With close to 6 billion Namibian dollars (US$411 million in 2021) the Ministry of Defence receives the fourth highest amount of money from government per ministry.

Namibia does not have any enemies in [[Southern African Development Community|the region]], though it has been involved in various disputes regarding borders and construction plans.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Moser|first=Jana|title=Border Contracts – Border Conflicts: Examples from Northern Namibia|url=https://history.icaci.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Moser.pdf|journal=Symposium on "Shifting Boundaries": Cartography of the 19th and 20th Centuries. ICA Commission on the History of Cartography|access-date=6 August 2019|archive-date=2 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302110005/https://history.icaci.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Moser.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Namibian [[Constitution of Namibia|constitution]] defines the role of the military as "''defending the territory and national interests.''" Namibia formed the [[Namibian Defence Force]] (NDF), comprising former enemies in a 23-year bush war: the [[People's Liberation Army of Namibia]] (PLAN) and [[South West Africa]]n ''Territorial Force'' ([[SWATF]]). The [[British government]] formulated the plan for integrating these forces and began training the NDF, which consists of a small headquarters and five battalions.

The [[United Nations Transitional Assistance Group]] (UNTAG)'s Kenyan infantry battalion remained in Namibia for three months after independence to help train the NDF and to stabilise the north. According to the Namibian Defence Ministry, enlistments of both men and women will number no more than 7,500.

The chief of the Namibian Defence Force is Air Vice Marshal [[Martin Pinehas|Martin Kambulu Pinehas]] (with effect from 1 April 2020).

In 2017, Namibia 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=16 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>