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Armies of the world. Singapore

Population: 3,691 million people. The military budget is 4,3 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces are 60 500 people. The reserve - 312 500 people, including land forces - 300 00, air forces - 7 500, naval forces - 5 000. Militarized formations - 94 000 people, including police. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch - 24-30 months. Mobilization resources - 1 million people, including 757,9 thousand able-bodied men.

Land forces: 50 000 people, 3 mixed divisions (in each 2 infantry and 1 tank brigades), the mechanized brigade, the division of fast response. Total: 9 infantry, 1 special force, 4 armoured cavalry and 4 engineer battalions, 4 detached artillery battalions. The reserve: 60 infantry, 8 light reconnaissance battalions, 8 artillery battalions, 1 battalion of special forces, 8 engineer battalions.

Arms: 80 tanks Centurion, 350 heavy infantry fighting vehicle AMX-13SM1, 25 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, more than 1 000 armored troop carriers, 201 field artillery guns, 30 antitank missile systems Milan, up to 300 recoilless guns, 75 portable surface-to-air missile systems.

Air force: 6 000 people (including 3 000 in service for a fixed period), 150 war-planes, 20 combat helicopters. Tactical elements: 6 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 2 fighter air squadrons, 1 reconnaissance air squadron, the radar and command squadron, 5 transport air squadrons, 4 helicopter squadrons, 2 training air squadrons, 1 pilotless vehicle squadron. Planes and helicopters: 64 A-4S and S1, 18 TA-4SU, 49 F-16 (A, B, C and D), 37 F-5E and F, 8 RF-5S, 4 Е-2C, 5 KC-130 (B and Н), 5 C-130H, 27 SIAI S-211, 26 SF-260, 26 AS-550 (A2, C2), 19 UH-1H, 22 AS-332M, 6 AS-532UL, 40 pilotless vehicles Searcher-2, 24 pilotless vehicles Chukar-3.

Naval forces: about 4 500 people. The commands of navy (2 flotillas), coastal defence, rear, the training command. Navy: 4 submarines Sheormen, 6 corvettes Victory, 12 patrol ships Fearless, 6 missile boats FPB 45, 4 minesweepers Landswart, 5 storm-boats (Sir Lanselot, 4 LST-1), 40 storm-boats, 1 air cushion boat, 1 diving vessel, 1 training vessel.





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