Does Singapore Have an Army?

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Rillifane

Yes.

In fact, Singapore expends almost 5% of its GDP on the military.

It is capable of mobilizing over 300,000 reserves and has an active force of 50,000.

Singapore is known to be use a forward-defense, and pre-emptive military doctrine. In other words, they assume that they CAN successfully invade their neighbors and maintain plans for doing so.

grasshopper

Yuka, bet your sweet life they have an army. Its compulsory for all teenagers to do a term in the services.
To invade a country is a non-question.
Its there for defence, and they would do it well, a great army is a great defence.

thefallencomrade

being large enough to successfully invade another nation is a little bit too ambitious. singapore's army isn't that big. we don't rely on manpower. what we rely most is technology. we have one of the most updated war gadgets. the israelis and the Hezbullah war meant alot of things. having the most updated technology wouldn't gurantee you a victory. so i guess the answer to your question is we might not have enough soldiers but successfully invading a country is a possibility. and singapore doesn't invade. it's more to defensive purpose. diplomacy!

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yup,there call national service,went 18 male.that all about dicpline.

PoshBerries

Yes, I think Singapore's army is STRONG & DEFENSIVE!!!

Pls visit http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/army/home.html for more exact details.

Yes, rejecting to join the army, also known as AWOL, is considered committing a serious crime in Singapore. The punishment can be as serious to be put in jail.

Matured males of aged 18, must join and complete National Service (NS) in the army for 2 years. If still studying, there is deferment to delay the process in joining the army. But after the studies of the course, regardless what age the guy may be, he still has to complete the national service.

For any enquiries on SAF, pls contact NS eServices Centre at:
Tel: 1800-367-6767 (Toll-free)
Email: contact@ns.sg

Frankly speaking, I'm unsure if Singapore's army will win during a real war but I've faith in them because Singapore's government has invested alot on the defence technology. So I think Singapore may win! No one can predict the future.

jesssssss

yes.

eastglam

Singapore has a very capable army, air force and navy that both defend its sovereign territory and cooperate in international mavouvers and exercises, like Operation Cobra and patrolling the Straits of Malacca to deter pirates. It also has a territorial dispute with Indonesia about some island or another.

All three arms of the Singaporean defence forces are techologically advanced and the regular servicemen/women are well trained.
Singapore has military concessions in both Thailand and Taiwan. I suppose this is required because the island is so small and lacks the physical structure to keep all of its forces there.

vienies259

many will AWOL

ZAZC

yep

nova y

of course they have army and defensive.maybe it depends on people of singapore and maybe not because the country is too small.

debraoozazb

HAHAHA

ALL will go AWOL

Xiangwei Xi

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cemnyc

Nicely said ç”²ä¸žå!

Do you have a knife in your kitchen? Do you use it to cut meat or use it to defend yourself from theives?

These questions are similar to the question you ask about Singapore.

All independent countries need army to protect themselves.

I am curioius to know the reason that you ask.

nowhereman

they have an army and airforce. they even train in Thailand

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Capabilities
The Singapore Army focuses on leveraging technology and weapon systems as "force-multipliers". It has some of the most advanced military hardware in the South-East Asia region. The Singapore Army is capable of conducting amphibious operations with a highly developed logistics force, across all three services of Army, Navy and Air Force, as seen in the relief work in Aceh after the 2004 Christmas Tsunami.

Organisation
The Army is headed by the Chief of Army (COA). Assisting him are the Chief of Staff-General Staff (COS-GS) and the Commander, Army Training and Doctrine Command. There are also six functional departments and an NS Affairs Department (NSAD) dealing with National Service issues, collectively known as the General Staff, an Inspectorate and an NS Affairs Department (NSAD) dealing with National Service issues. The six functional departments handle personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, plans and training respectively. Each department is headed by an Assistant Chief of the General Staff (ACGS). Also advising the COA are the Senior Specialist Staff Officers (SSSOs): Infantry, Guards, Armour, Commando, Artillery, Engineers and Signals.

Chief of Army (COA)
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|----- Chief of Staff - General Staff |
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______________________________|_________... |
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ACGS ACGS ACGS ACGS ACGS ACGS |
(Pers) (Int) (Ops) (Logs) (Plans) (Trg) |
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HQ Infantry HQ Guards | HQ Armour | HQ Commando | HQ Artillery | HQ Engineers HQ Signals
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Combined Arms PDF Commands Non-Divisional Army Operational
Divisions Units Reserve Divisions

[edit] Classification by Units and Formations
The army consists of the following Combat Arms, which are integrated with one another to form the Divisional and Non-divisional assets:

Armour
Artillery
Combat Engineers
Commando
Guards
Infantry (merged with 9th Division, now known as 9Div/Infantry)
Signals
These are bolstered by Combat Service Support Units which consist of the following:

Army Intelligence
Army Medical Services
Army Logistics
Singapore Armed Forces Ammunition Command

Classification by Divisional and Non-divisional Assets

Combined-Arms Divisions
The main components of the Army are its 3 active Combined-Arms Divisions: 3rd, 6th and 9th Div. They include both active and reserve units, all of which can be mobilised in phases.

There are other divisions, which are entirely made up of former conscripts in reserve status.

Each division comprising:

1x Armoured Brigade (4 Armoured Regiments, 1 Engineers Company, 1 Signal Company, 1 Reconnaissance Company)
2x Infantry Brigade (3 Infantry Battalions, 1 Engineers Company, 1 Signal Company, 1 Reconnaissance Company)
1x Signal Battalion
1x Artillery Battalion
1x Combat Engineers Battalion
1x Air Defense Battalion

Other Divisions/Brigades
PDF - 1st PDF and 2nd PDF
4th Armoured Brigade
8th Armoured Brigade
21 Div - Rapid Deployment Division (Consisting of at least 3x heliborne Guards Brigades)
25 Div - Reserve Armour/Mechanized Division (Consisting of at least 4x Armoured Brigades)

Non-Divisional Classified Assets
1x Military Intelligence Battalion[citation needed]
At least 1x Active Commandos Battalion and 1x Reserve Commando Battalion
2x Active Guards Battalion (1 Heliborne & 1 Beach Deployment)
Unknown Signals Battalion, SIGINT (Signal Intelligence)[citation needed]
Unknown number of elite "Special Operations Forces (SOF)" trained by United States Special Forces Operational Detachment- DELTA Force and Naval Diving Units whose members undergo training conducted by the United States Navy SEALS.[citation needed]
1x Aggressor Company - Under TRADOC/ATEC, this Company bases itself on the Aggressor Orbat and varies slightly from the normal Infantry Company, with a platoon specialising in Armour Simulation using normal vehicles. They are the Red Force for ATEC evaluations. Also known as OPFOR.[citation needed]
1x Medical Response Force Unit (MRF) - Counter Chemical and Biological Warfare Unit

Equipment

SSPH 1 howitzer on dislay at Marina South for the National Day Parade, 2005 celebrationsMain Combat weapons:

SAF Equipment Type Amount
Main Battle Tanks ~200
(Centurion) (105mm main gun) 80-100 [1]
Leopard 2A4 (120mm main gun) 96
Light Tanks ~450
AMX-13SM1 (75mm main gun) ~350
M551 Sheridan (In Storage) ~100
Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicles / IFVs ~700
AMX-10P (25mm autocannon) 24
AMX-10PAC90 (90mm main gun) 22
Bionix II (30mm Bushmaster II/New armour) ~100
Bionix 25 (25mm Bushmaster) ~300
Bionix 40/50 (40mm AGL + 0.5in HMG) ~300
Armoured Personnel Carriers/Reconnaissance Vehicles ~1570
V-200 Commando (RBS-70 Air Defence) 200
V-150 (RBS-70 Air Defence) 250
M113 ULTRA 40/50 (40mm AGL + 0.5in HMG) ~700
M113 SP SAM (2 twin Igla launchers) ~120
M113 ULTRA OWS (25mm Bushmaster) ~300
Howitzers ~300
M71 155 mm Towed Howitzer 38
FH-88 155 mm/39-Cal Towed Howitzer 54
FH-2000 155 mm/52-Cal Towed Howitzer 54
GIAT LG1 105 mm Towed Howitzer 60
SSPH Primus 155 mm/39-Cal Self-Propelled Howitzer (SSPH-1) 54
Pegasus 155 mm Self-Propelled Lightweight Howitzer 54
Armoured Engineers 28
Combat Engineer Tractor 18
M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (Retired) 8
M60A1 Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) 12
Field Engineers ~50
Vehicle Launched Bridge (VLB)
Foldable Longspan Bridge (FLB)
Projected Line Charge (PLC)
Bionix Launched Bridge
Bridging Engineers
Comet
Almond
All-Terrain Tracked Vehicles ~500
Bronco ATTC (GPMG armed/120mm Super-Rapid Mortar) ~200
BV206S (GPMG armed) ~300
Mortars
81 mm, 120 mm
Anti-Tank Rockets/Missiles ~4000
Milan II 80
Spike-LR MANPACK 300
Armbrust ~1000
Matador ~3000
Guards Vehicles 400
Spike LSV with Twin SPIKE ATGM 200
Spider LSV 200
Direct Fire Weapons ~400,000
SAR-21 >100,000
M16S1 M16 variant produced locally under license; for all intent similar to the M16A1 >200,000
CAR-15 Carbine version of the M-16 (Converting to SAR-21) >5,000
M203 40 mm GL >20,000
Ultimax 100 >20,000
FN MAG 7.62 mm General Purpose Machine Gun >10,000
CIS 12.7 mm HMG >3,000
Sig-Sauer P226 9 mm Pistol
H&K MP-5N 9 mm SMG >2,000
FN P90 5.7 mm SMG ~500
FN Five-Seven 5.7 mm Pistol ~500
PGM Mini-Hecate 8.6 mm Long-Range Sniper Rifle ~100
H&K PSG-1
Accuracy International L96A1
Accuracy International L115A1
Steyr SSG 86

Anyways, Good enough to bomb you into extinction if you try to bully us- the little deadly red dot... :)

sammyveluuZZZAZA

LOL

many NS men will go AWOL

orchardAZZ

yes

singapore has thousands of troops stationed in Taiwan

defending Taiwan from foreign aggression

n china is not happy abt it

roy_marzoed

Yes they have, but not enough to make invasion.
For example, their conflict with Indonesia about one island.

very good

i myself alone can beat their whole army

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