Military of Samoa
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Samoa has no formal defense structure or regular armed forces; informal defense ties exist with New Zealand, which is required to consider any Samoan request for assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship.
The Somoa Police Department operates the Pacific-class patrol boat Nafanua. It was provided to Somoa by the Australian Government as part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Program. Somoa took delivery in March 1988. It underwent a $T5.5 million refit in Australia in December 2004. Between 1988 and 2004, the Nafanua sailed a total of 118,000 nautical miles, performed over 12,000 hours of fisheries patrol and has been involved in the search and rescue of over 400 people.
References and Links
- Samoa
- Nafanua off for $5.5m refit in Townsville (http://www.samoaobserver.ws/news/local/ln1104/0511ln008.htm)