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A hypothetical military alliance between China and Russia. The two countries share a land border and they signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001. A twenty-year strategic treaty extended or another 5 years after its expiration in February 2022. China is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion people, on the other hand Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,098,246 square kilometres.

Currently, China focuses on domestic weapon designs and manufacturing, while still importing certain military products from Russia, such as jet engines. In September 2018, Russia hosted the militaries of China and Mongolia as a part of the Vostok 2018 military exercise. Russia and China flew joint bomber patrols over the Pacific. China refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the implementation of international sanctions during the war, China provided economic relief to Russia.

Singapore is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 719 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 193 km). The capital of Singapore is Singapore. The number of inhabitants is 5,703,600.

Singapore is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements, a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 also includes Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The SAF has a diverse and largely modern mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons. Singapore has the most developed arms industry in Southeast Asia.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 358.9 billion $ 11.6 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 3.33%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 3,035,000 71,000
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 352,500
Available for military: 420,586,837 1,255,902

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 18,017 170
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 3,507
Total artillery: 25,360 161
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 48
Rocket artillery: 7,471 24

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 9,048 252
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 0
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 100
Attack aircraft: 809 0
Helicopters: 3,020 87
UCAV (combat drone): 251 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,395 43
Aircraftcarriers: 5 0
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 6
Corvettes: 153 6
Submarines: 140 5

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

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Singapore

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Singapore

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).