With the end of the Cold War, Austrian military has also increasingly been used to safeguard Austrian borders against illegal immigrants.
Austria's support of the US-led coalition in the 1991 Gulf War, as well as Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995 are seen as a weakening of Austria's neutrality, and possibly first steps to joining a (future) European military alliance.
Recently Austria spend considerable amounts of money for an update of her military arsenals. Leopard 2 main battle tanks, ULAN and Pandur infantry fighting vehicles, C-130 Hercules transport planes, UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters, and Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft have been (or are beeing) purchased. ---
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