Military power of Singapore & Taiwan
Singapore vs Taiwan
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.
More about Singapore militaryTaiwan is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 36,193 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 1,566.3 km). The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. The number of inhabitants is 23,568,378.
The Taiwan military is armed mostly with second-hand weapons and equipment provided by the USA. Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry capable of building a range of military equipment.
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Military expenditures
SG | TW | |
---|---|---|
Military budget: | 13.2 billion $ | 19.1 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.7% | 2.3% |
Manpower
SG | TW | |
---|---|---|
Active personnel: | 71,000 | 180,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 352,500 | 1,657,000 |
Available for military: | 1,255,902 | 5,883,828 |
Land Forces
SG | TW | ||
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Tanks: | 170 | 1,160 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 3,507 | 1,714 | |
Total artillery: | 161 | 1,944 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 48 | 440 | |
Rocket artillery: | 24 | 126 |
Air Forces
SG | TW | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 252 | 814 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 0 | 129 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 100 | 189 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 87 | 237 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
SG | TW | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total naval: | 43 | 96 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 4 | |
Frigates: | 6 | 22 | |
Corvettes: | 6 | 1 | |
Submarines: | 5 | 4 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Singapore
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Taiwan
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).
Taiwan
Males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; for men born before December 1993, compulsory service (military or civil) is 1 year; for 8 years after discharge, men are subject to training recall four times for periods not to exceed 20 days.