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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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Canada is a country located in Northern North America with an area of 9,984,670 km2 (land boundries: 8,891 km and costline 202,080 km). The capital of Canada is Ottawa. The number of inhabitants is 38,048,738.

Canada is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Canada is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Canadian's inventory is a mix of domestically-produced equipment and imported weapons systems from Australia, Europe, Israel, and the USA. The leading supplier is the United States. Canada's defense industry develops, maintains, and produces a range of equipment, including aircraft, combat vehicles, naval vessels.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 13.2 billion $ 27 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2.7% 1.4%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 71,000 68,000
Reserve personnel: 352,500 27,000
Available for military: 1,255,902 8,031,266

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

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Tanks: 170 82
Armoured fighting vehicles: 3,507 1,693
Total artillery: 161 163
Self-propelled artillery: 48 0
Rocket artillery: 24 0

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: 252 417
Fighter aircraft: 0 0
Multirole aircraft: 100 98
Attack aircraft: 0 0
Helicopters: 87 165
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 43 67
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 6 12
Corvettes: 6 0
Submarines: 5 4

Total naval

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

Singapore

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Canada

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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).

Canada

17 years of age for voluntary male and female military service (with parental consent); 16 years of age for Reserve and Military College applicants; Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status required; maximum 34 years of age; service obligation 3-9 years