Top 7 Facts About NATO That Everyone Should Know

 

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) is a defence organisation and security alliance between 30 independent nations in Europe and North America.  Today, we present to you the list of the top 7 facts about NATO that everyone should know.

Top 7 facts about NATO

NATO was established on 4 April 1949

In 1949, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington DC. They formed an alliance called NATO to establish peace and security in these countries.

Members of NATO

NATO is considered the most powerful alliance in the whole world. After the establishment of NATO, 18 more nations joined the alliance: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.

NATO funding

Every member contributes to the costs of running the Alliance.  NATO Allies also provide direct funding to NATO to cover the costs of NATO facilities.



NATO members are supposed to spend 2% of their GDP on defence

.At NATO’s Wales Summit in 2014, NATO asked all member states to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defence. In 2014, the United States and the United Kingdom spent 2% of their GDP on defence. NATO projects that by 2024, 15 member states will be hitting the 2% target.

An attack on one NATO member is an attack on all its members

According to Article 5 of the NATO agreement, an attack on one NATO member is an attack on all its members. Every member will fight back if anything happens to one country.

Article 5 was invoked after 9/11

NATO’s Article 5 has only ever been invoked once in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. NATO launched military operations outside of the Auro-Atlantic area for the first time.

Only one NATO member doesn’t have an army

Iceland is the only member state which doesn’t have a standing military. Iceland has peacekeeping forces. This is because Iceland has a small population.

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