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| SINGAPORE MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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10 |
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[60th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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60,000 |
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[57th of 166]
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Conscription
Conscription exists (AI). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$70,000,000.00 |
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[18th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$456,000,000.00 |
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[9th of 85]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$4,470,000,000.00 |
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[22nd of 170]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,392,740 |
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[105th of 175]
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Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49
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982,368
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[70th of 161]
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Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-6
Rear Admiral
(One Star) |
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-7
Rear Admiral
(Two Stars) |
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Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-8
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Vice Admiral |
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Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2
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Captain |
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Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3
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Major |
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Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4
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Lieutenant Colonel |
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Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5
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Colonel |
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personnel
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167,000
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[39th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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7.54 %
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[3rd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation reduced to 24 months beginning December 2004 (2004) |
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US military exports
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$239,256.00 thousand |
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[7th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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1,617,000 |
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[47th of 137]
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SOURCES: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks
; World Development Indicators database; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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