Antarctica — Military Capability Assessment

Antarctica carries no military score in the Bureau’s military assessment (195 scored states). This is generally a territory without standing armed forces of its own — defense resting with the administering state — or with insufficient data for an honest assessment. Rather than invent a score, the Bureau withholds one.

Missing data is never treated as zero: no score is shown where observation is impossible.

Air power could not be observed in this assessment — missing data caps the score, it is never treated as zero.

Type-by-type inventory in preparation — this dossier deepens as coverage grows. Nothing here is estimated silently.

Land warfare could not be observed in this assessment — missing data caps the score, it is never treated as zero.

Type-by-type inventory in preparation — this dossier deepens as coverage grows. Nothing here is estimated silently.

Naval power could not be observed in this assessment — missing data caps the score, it is never treated as zero.

Type-by-type inventory in preparation — this dossier deepens as coverage grows. Nothing here is estimated silently.

Missile forces could not be observed in this assessment — missing data caps the score, it is never treated as zero.

Type-by-type inventory in preparation — this dossier deepens as coverage grows. Nothing here is estimated silently.

Status: —

Nuclear deterrence: not observed

Nuclear survivability: not observed

the Antarctic Treaty of 1961 prohibits any measures of a military nature, such as the establishment of military bases and fortifications, the carrying out of military maneuvers, or the testing of any type of weapon; it permits the use of military personnel or equipment for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes