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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 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Alliance) is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949. NATO is a system of collective security: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by others countries. NATO's main headquarters are located in Brussels. The following twelve states signed the treaty and became the founding members: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. The following states joined the treaty after 1949: Greece, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Members who joined after the dissolution of the Soviet Union: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

Before and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several NATO countries sent army to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank. Alliance had deployed 40,000 troops along its 2,500 kilometres long Eastern flank to deter possible Russian aggression. On 5 July the North Atlantic Alliance members signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland and formally approved the decisions of the NATO summit.

Finland joined the alliance on 4 April 2023.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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13.2 billion $
1321.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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2.7 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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71,000
3,254,339

Reserve personnel

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352,500
2,633,732

Available for military

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1,255,902
206,903,543

Land Forces

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Tanks

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170
12,328
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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3,507
81,916
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Total artillery

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161
12,467
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Self-propelled artillery

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48
4,439
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Rocket artillery

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24
1,751

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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252
20,987
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Fighter

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0
903
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Multirole

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100
3,663
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Attack

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0
673
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Helicopters

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87
7,945
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
965

Navy

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Total naval

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43
1,990
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Aircraft carriers

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0
30
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Destroyers

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0
121
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Frigates

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6
111
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Corvettes

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6
54
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Submarines

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5
144

Nuclear weapons

Singapore

Does not have nuclear weapons.

NATO

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).

NATO

Data not available