Specifically, Singapore has the strongest navy in Southeast Asia, four 8,500-ton endurance amphibious landing ships, six 3,200-ton awesome missile frigates, six victory-class small missile frigates, six sea wolf-class missile speedboats, four challenger-class Swedish sea snake submarines and four Bedok. At the same time, it has the strongest air force in Southeast Asia, equipped with more than 200 advanced aircraft, including 24 F- 15SG, 70 F- 16D and 20 longbow Apache, which are not available to many big countries. The army is only small in scale and its equipment is not weak at all. However, if the combat readiness soldiers are included, the short board of scale does not exist. Don't forget that China has only 2 million reserves, and so does the United States. In tiny Singapore, there are as many as 500,000 divisions and more than 500 main battle tanks, including M 1A 1 and Leopard 2A4.
In addition, Singapore's diplomacy has completely turned to the United States, and its domestic military bases are completely open to the United States, which ensures its security. The weapons and equipment provided by the United States to Singapore are the best. For example, the radar and avionics of the F- 15 fighter are the strongest in the F- 15 series. Even the United States has not replaced it, and the data link of the fighter is the latest.
Correspondingly, Singapore's two neighboring countries are relatively weak, with a larger territory and a larger population. In such a large area of Indonesia, the total strength of the National Defence Force is only 250,000, and the military expenditure is less than 3 billion US dollars. Even the salaries of soldiers are not paid, and the equipment is still at the level of the 1960 s and 1970 s. Malaysia is better, with an annual military expenditure of less than $5 billion. The combined military expenditure of Indonesia and Malaysia is not as good as that of Singapore.