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Singapore vs European Union EU

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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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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 11.6 billion $ 245.11 billion $
Percent of GDP: 3.33% 0%

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: 71,000 1,166,519
Reserve personnel: 352,500 1,801,532
Available for military: 1,255,902 92,594,951

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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 4,253
Armoured fighting vehicles: 3,507 29,418
Total artillery: 161 6,065
Self-propelled artillery: 48 1,872
Rocket artillery: 24 667

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 5,420
Fighter aircraft: 0 453
Multirole aircraft: 100 874
Attack aircraft: 0 162
Helicopters: 87 2,454
UCAV (combat drone): 0 41

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: 43 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 0 7
Destroyers: 0 19
Frigates: 6 69
Corvettes: 6 23
Submarines: 5 48

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.

European Union EU

Data not available

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).

European Union EU

Data not available