MIGleader said:
are u forgeting indonesia, malasia, and india? how can a city take on larger coutries?
Because financially speaking, the former two countries are still economic basketcases although Malaysia is *just* coming out of its inflation.
Indonesia and Malaysia's forces are more counter-insurgency based, with an emphasis on jungle warfare due to their geography. While Malaysia's armed forces are somewhat more professional, both Indonesia and Malaysia's militaries are heavily political (
dwifungsi in the Indonesian parliament and a
predominance of Malays at both enlisted and officer corps in Malaysia). Historically and professionally speaking, this detracts from their militaries being a purely professional force and frankly speaking, both Indonesia and Malaysia's militaries are corrupt as hell, not to mention under-staffed (Malaysia's 90k+ compared to Singapore's 150k+)
Man for man and weapon for weapon, Singapore is the only state in ASEAN capable of power projection for a city-state it's size. Malaysia is only now beginning to resume the modernization of its military (ie. ASTROS II, the Scorpene subs, Polish T-91 tanks etc.)
But Singapore is way ahead in terms of counterforce, ie. Apaches with the Longbow package, F-16 with an eye towards F-15s. There's a persistent rumour that they're also looking at Leclercs. Meanwhile, Malaysia's National Service is a corruption-ridden joke compared to say, the number of NSMen the SAF can mobilize in 3 short days.
