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Singapore Armed forces

Singapore
Population
5,637,000
Military budget
13.2 billion $
Active personnel
71,000
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Singapore
Area: 733 km2
Population: 5,637,000
Etnic groups: Chinese 74.2%, Malay 13.3%, Indian 9.2%, other 3.3%
Religions: Buddhist 33.9%, Muslim 14.3%, Taoist 11.3%, Catholic 7.1%, Hindu 5.2%, other Christian 11%, other 0.7%, none 16.4%

Military branches

(Angkatan Bersenjata Singapura) Land Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense

Military service

18-21 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 1/2 years of age for volunteers; 2-year conscript service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 40 (enlisted) or age 50 (officers).

Military expenditures

Military budget
13.2 billion $
Percent of GDP
2.7

Manpower

Active personnel
71,000
Reserve
352,500
Available
1,255,902

Land Forces

Tanks
170
AFV
3,507
Artillery
161
Self-propelled guns
48
Rocket artillery
24
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

TypeNameNumber
Leopard 2SG 170

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- URO VAMTAC -
- Belrex 120
M113A2 Ultra IFV 800
Bionix II 800
Terrex AV-81 435
- Bronco ATTC 400
- Bandvagn 206 300
Cadillac Gage 527
MaxxPro Dash 15
- Peacekeeper PRV 110

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
- SSPH-1 48

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
HIMARS 24

Air Forces

Total aircraft
252
Fighters
0
Multirole
100
Attack
0
Helicopters
87
UCAV (combat drone)
0
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
F-35B -
F-16C/D 60
- F-15E Strike Eagle 40

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Airbus Helicopters H225M 3
AH-64 Apache 18
Boeing CH-47SD 26
SH-60 Seahawk 8
- Eurocopter AS332 32

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- -

Navy

Total naval
43
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
6
Corvettes
6
Submarines
5
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
Formidable 6

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Victory 6

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Invincible 1
- Archer 2
- Challenger 2

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.