Interesting comment by someone about Singapore army

• want to know

  24 Jul 03, 13:44

  http://www.strategypage.com/messageboards/messages/30-405.asp
  http://www.strategypage.com/messageboards/messages/30-429.asp
  
  I find this very interesting:
  
  Singapore, like many Oriental cultures, provides soldiers with a near fanatical willingness to carry out orders. They are modern, progressive, and have a perception of being isolated and vulnerable- this always drives up the competency of an Army. They are fairly well equipped, have had Israeli advisors, UK, and Australian trainers, and have exercised with Australian troops and are considered quite competent. Nonetheless, there are other nations which may be more deserving of the No. 10 spot, but I went with Singapore because I am more certain of them than with other contenders, such as:
  
  Japan
  Spain (You gotta consider a nation with a unit who's motto is "Long Live Death")
  Austria, Switzerland (Either one, as long as they stay on their own turf- not for nothing do both nations always place well in international biathlon- shooting and skiing- events)
  
  Please give your comment! Do you agree with what he said? Please see the other two links above.
• IAF

  24 Jul 03, 21:18

  Well, anyone is entitled to own opinion, especially in a forum type of environment, so the ranking i'll say is subjective.
  
  In 1997, an article published in PARAMETERS (US Army War College journal) did state that the SAF is the best in the region based on quantifiable factors such as eqmt, logistics, training...etc. So perhaps, based on that, the ranking does have...some..grain of truth...
  
  Having said that, it's also hard to ignore that the ground troops from other countries in our region, while not as highly-educated or as well equipped as us singapore NSF & NS dudes, are tough professional warriors who are kept busy operationally with varying degree of military conflicts