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Singapore is advanced and rich, but it is small compared to Indonesia. Singapore has larger GDP and military per capita, but in absolute terms, Indonesia is muc
by ptaipale 11y ago
Singapore is advanced and rich, but it is small compared to Indonesia. Singapore has larger GDP and military per capita, but in absolute terms, Indonesia is much larger. Its army has four times as many men as Singapore (300,000 vs. 75,000), and Indonesian GDP is 2840 billion USD while Singapore is 453 billion.
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- adventured 11y agoIndonesia's GDP is ~$850 billion, not $2.8 trillion. Singapore is ~$300 billion. Not sure why Indonesia's GDP keeps getting over-estimated by such a dramatic amount in this thread.
- ptaipale 11y ago> Not sure why Indonesia's GDP keeps getting over-estimated by such a dramatic amount in this thread. Sorry, that was just a bit careless looking up of numbers. $850 billion is nominal GDP, $2.8 trillion is the PPP adjusted figure. For Singapore, the nominal and PPP adjusted values are much closer to each other ($300 billion vs. $450 billion).
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- JPKab 11y agoNot agreeing with the previous statement regarding Singapore's military supremacy, but measuring military effectiveness by number of troops is a hopelessly outdated method. Powerful armies are nothing more than logistics organizations, with 80-90% of members operating supply chains and maintenance to enable the 21st century weapons systems and their elite operators to destroy things. 300,000 guys with assault rifles and crappy Air Force are no match against 75,000 with modern technology and precision munitions.
- ptaipale 11y agoIt also depends very much on the rules of engagement. 300,000 guys with modern technology, precision munitions and a government with strong human rights legislation have a hard time against 75,000 men with assault rifles, improvised munitions and no limits on what they can do to their enemies.