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Taiwan vs Singapore

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Taiwan Singapore

Taiwan 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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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

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19.1 billion $
13.2 billion $

Percent of GDP

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2.3 %
2.7 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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180,000
71,000

Reserve personnel

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1,657,000
352,500

Available for military

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5,883,828
1,255,902

Land Forces

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Tanks

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888
170
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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2,031
3,507
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Total artillery

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2,082
161
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Self-propelled artillery

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448
48
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Rocket artillery

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234
24

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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791
252
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Fighter

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103
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Multirole

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183
100
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Attack

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0
0
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Helicopters

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243
87
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UCAV (combat drone)

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3
0

Navy

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Total naval

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111
43
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Aircraft carriers

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0
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Destroyers

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4
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Frigates

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22
6
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Corvettes

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13
6
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Submarines

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5
5

Nuclear weapons

Taiwan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Singapore

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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.

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).