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The Swiss military department maintains the Onyx intelligence gathering system, similar to but much smaller than the international Echelon system. The Onyx system was launched in 2000 in order to monitor both civil and military communications, such as telephone , fax or Internet traffic carried by satellite .
The Military Police Command (‹See Tfd› German: Kommando Militärpolizei, French: Commandement de la police militaire, Italian: Comando della polizia militare) is the Swiss Armed forces Military Police formation and staffed with professional and conscript soldiers.
Glock 26 gen 4, successor to the Pistol 03 and the Pistol 75 as the short variant of the pistol in the Swiss Army. It is the primary weapon for the military police and mechanics in the army. [5] Submachine guns; Heckler & Koch MP5 "Machinenpistole" West Germany Germany Switzerland. Submachine gun: 9×19mm Parabellum
The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS, German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport, French: Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports, Italian: Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport, Romansh: Departament federal da defensiun ...
The Swiss intelligence community is a group of agencies with responsibilities to protect the interests and infrastructure of Switzerland. [ 2 ] The Federal Intelligence Service ( FIS ), the country's main intelligence agency, is governed by the Intelligence Service Act .
The Swiss Air Force (‹See Tfd› German: Schweizer Luftwaffe; French: Forces aériennes suisses; Italian: Forze aeree svizzere; Romansh: Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914, three days after the outbreak of World War I, as a part of the army and in October 1936 as an independent service.
The fortresses were largely built during World War II and during Army 61 and decommissioned with Army Reform 1995 and Army XXI. The Swiss Army maintained artillery fortresses equipped with 7.5 cm, 10.5 cm turret cannon or 15 cm guns. The guns were in casemate, turrets or in rearward positions they were in embrasures.
A Messerschmitt 109 on display at the flight museum in Dübendorf, Switzerland A vintage Dewoitine D.27 restored to flying condition A de Havilland Venom in a diorama setting at the Flieger-Flab-Museum The sole example of an AS365 Dauphin in VIP configuration A BAE Hawk landing at Buochs, Switzerland A Swiss Hawker Hunter A EKW C-35 multipurpose biplane