Singapore’s 2011 defence budget dwarfed everyone else in SE Asia

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[h=2]Singapore’s 2011 defence budget dwarfed everyone else in SE Asia[/h]

October 9th, 2012 |

Author: Online Press

Reuters- Oct 7, 2012
Indonesia is buying submarines from South Korea and coastal radar systems from China and the United States. Vietnam is getting submarines and combat jets from Russia, while Singapore – the world’s fifth-largest weapons importer – is adding to its sophisticated arsenal.
Wary of China and flush with economic success, Southeast Asia is ramping up spending on military hardware to protect the shipping lanes, ports and maritime boundaries that are vital to the flow of exports and energy.
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea, fuelled by the promise of rich oil and gas deposits, have prompted Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei to try to offset China’s growing naval power.
Even for those away from that fray, maritime security has been a major focus for Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore.
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But the region’s biggest spender with the best-equipped military is Singapore, a tiny island that is home to the world’s second-busiest container port, a global financial centre and a major hub for oil, gas and petrochemicals.
The wealthy city-state, along with Malaysia and Indonesia, sits on the Strait of Malacca that links the Pacific and Indian oceans. A teeming shipping route, the strait is also a narrow “choke point” with huge strategic implications for the energy, raw materials and finished goods flowing east and west.
At $9.66 billion, Singapore’s 2011 defence budget dwarfed Thailand’s $5.52 billion, Indonesia’s $5.42 billion, Malaysia’s $4.54 billion and Vietnam’s $2.66 billion, IISS says.
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[THE_CHANSTER]

I read somewhere that Defense spending as a percentage of total Government spending is around 25% (More than any other Ministry).
This equates to around $12bn for 2012.

Want a job with an iron rice bowl? Get a job with Mindef or any sub-contractors who have business dealings with them.
Guaranteed cashflow.

 

[seesuatah]

12 billions to defend against crazy Muslims in the region. I think it is well worth it.

 

[Kinana]

It could be Muslims, communists, Americans or Chinese. You will never know who will be your enemy.

 

[Extremist]

We are surrounded by 250 millions Muslim, more than what Israel is facing

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

12 billions to defend against crazy Muslims in the region. I think it is well worth it.

i hope you're still a teenager if you're that naive................the SAF is already stronger than M'sia and Indonesia combined.............


S'pore is impossible to defend.................there's simply not enough territory to withstand an initial attack by an enemy...........the SAF is meant for offensive actions (just look at the weapons they're buying)............to attack M'sia for food and water but right now, SAF is to pressure the M'sians to continue supplying food and water to us.



the reason why S'pore spending so much money is so that the LHL can stay in power...............S'pore is a Zionist colony and the Lee Family is just the governor................

when/if war breaks out between NATO and Shanghai Cooperation Organization................SAF will be used to help NATO by intercepting oil tankers on their way to China (that's why US now trying so hard to be chums with India and now Myanmar)................also to help out any American military actions in the region, including in the Middle East..........

 

[Kinana]

SAF can make an aggressor pay a very heavy price n serve as a deterent. Thats the whole idea. Don't you know?

 

[greedy and cunning]

We are surrounded by 250 millions Muslim, more than what Israel is facing

and you think some sophisticated advanced expensive weapons can stop them ?
don't you think it is a joke ?

 

[greedy and cunning]

SAF can make an aggressor pay a very heavy price n serve as a deterent. Thats the whole idea. Don't you know?

yes everyone knows and even the aggressor knows.
so will it deter a determined enemy who is going all out to destroy sillypore ?
in the first place who would want to take over sillypore , a small place filled with hypocrites , sycophants , rabies dogs ?
what do they gain with a war torn sillypore ? a small place without water , minerals , rice field , gold mine , oil wells.

someone will attack sillypore only if provoked. you know sillyporeans are very ARROGANT , CUNNING , SCHEMING type.
these are the characters that easier offend other without knowing it.

if you cross the limit , who cares what advanced weapons you have.
buying advance weapons as a deterrence is like a using paper tiger to frighten the wild animals.

 

[Liquigas]

and you think some sophisticated advanced expensive weapons can stop them ?
don't you think it is a joke ?

We have very short coastline and once enemy troops landed at Kranji, Mindef HQ is just 10 km away. So have to ensure that our aircrafts and sophisticated weaponry can prevent them from landing at all cost!

 

[KuanTi01]

SAF has moved beyond self-defence long long ago! The basic doctrine is Offence is the best defence." The war cannot be conducted on this tiny and over-crowded island except for propanganda wars.