Top 15 Asian Armed Forces

protonhybrid SG

my friends without going into any insults or namecalling,
list the top 15 armed forces from asia where asia includes
it includes far east, asean, saarc, west asia, central asia.

mine is roughly

1. russia
2. china
3. india
4. pakistan
5. turkey
6. iran
7. israel
8. japan
9. north korea
10. south korea
11. taiwan
12. indonesia
13. malaysia
14. thailand
15. singapore (just sneaked in, since this is singapore forum) otherwise some other nation.

tripwire SG

without further insult...malaysia should be drop from the list and be replaced by vietnam.

vietnam's 440,000 troops and thoudsands of tanks is far superior to malaysia's 100,000 and less then a hundred tanks.

as for singapore... dont worry lah... we singaporeans knows we are well ahead of malaysia... Twisted Evil there is no need for me to brag infront of my own people.

Arapahoe SG

i would like to suggest to add on Australia, new zealand, and as mention vietnam.

Also downgrade Turkey, Japan. Pakistan, Iran.
upgrade Isarel, South Korea,

spencer99 SG

excuse me... but what is "saarc"??

I don't think we can consider Turkey and Iseral as "Asia". I think maybe Iran can be sneaked in...

If we consider Iran as a "Asian" country. You must include the ex-USSR republics with all the -stans....

And we have to put S. Korea on top of N. Korea

and thailand must be above Indonesia and Malaysia.

CM06 SG

MY friend... who are you?

Seriously this list is both stupid and will bring about dicksize comparisons. The list is useless as absolute numbers and lack of specific senarios (top 15 armed forces that eat snake) totally throws such a "neutral" topic out of the window.

Anyone who put singapore at the 15th of the list is obviously here to stir up trouble.

casshern SG

Originally posted by CM06:

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The list is useless as absolute numbers and lack of [b]specific senarios (top 15 armed forces that eat snake) totally throws such a "neutral" topic out of the window.
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i have to agree on this part. each force is mighty in its own way. the doctrines are different also.

orionlight SG

Agree with CM06 about TS's intention.His comment on the last part is obviously inflammatory, designed to start those meaningless X country VS Y country comparison , which we all know would degenerate into a flame fest and name callings in no time.

http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=178814
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=178706
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=179906

A quick check confirms CM06's suspicion.Obviously, TS is trying to start a flame war(again)

Miracles&Prophecies SG

What you should put Singapore and Malaysia before Indonesia.

Our(Indonesian) armed forces are so very ill equipped that the only war they can win is either against pirates or its very own citizens.

Today's high-tech military equipments do much wonder and are far more effective than just plain numbers.

The days of numbers are way over.

what's up with the 5 minutes waiting after editing? lame Confused

sgf SG

Since when did Russia and Israel become part of Asia? Rolling Eyes

SBS3625D SG

Israel yes, Russia no.

silvernitrate SG

Israel is part of asia? then why their football team is competing in europe and not asia?

SBS3625D SG

Ok, I not sure.

But 50-50 Israel is Asia. Geographical position yes.

But if you're gonna bring in politics then I'm not sure if they consider themselves Asians.

Can someone enlighten me? Mr. Green

thehappybunny SG

i dunno about the rest of the list, but i would put Israel at no. 1

LazerLordz SG

Well, there's politically Asian and geographically Asian.

If we're looking at a geographical pov, here's my top ten.

1. Israel
2. Australia
3. Turkey
4. Japan
5. South Korea
6. China
7. India
8. North Korea
9. Singapore
10. Thailand

But it's all a useless pissing contest eventually. There are many different factors to look at.

jondizzle foshizzle SG

Israel should be WAAAAY higher up. Like number 1 or 2 and I don’t think Singapore should even be on the list ahhaha

jondizzle foshizzle SG

But then again what good is technology without the numbers?

Obersturmfuhrer SG

What good are numbers without technology? It is a fine balance and technology has already seen to it that numbers (in terms of personnel) count for very little. That's what technology advances are for. Or are you one of those that believe a thousand bullets can defeat an MBT? Rolling Eyes

Short Ninja SG

Israell is part of Asia just that they dont want to play football in Asia

Arapahoe SG

i think it might be better off grouping by category rather than ranking by number.

Aaron8209 SG

ranking by wat?