Singapore Defence and Security Report Q4 2009

Executive Summary ......................5
SWOT Analysis..............................6
Singapore Security SWOT............................. 6
Singapore Defence Industry SWOT............... 7
Singapore Political SWOT............................ 8
Singapore Economic SWOT.......................... 9
Singapore Business Environment SWOT .... 10
Political Overview........................11
Foreign policy....... 12
Security Risk Analysis................15
BMI’s Security Ratings .................................... 15
Table: Asia Pacific Regional Security Ratings.................................. 15
Table: Asia Pacific State Vulnerability To Terrorism Index ............. 16
Singapore’s Risk Ratings ................................. 17
Terrorism Risk Rating................................. 17
Conflict Rating...... 17
Physical Safety Risk Rating......................... 17
City Terrorism Rating...................................... 18
Table: BMI’s Asia City Terrorism Index..... 19
South East Asia Regional Security Overview .................20
Security Overview .......................23
Internal Security Situation .......................... 23
Table: Regional Insurgent Groups.............. 23
External Security Situation ......................... 24
Table: Actual And Attempted Piracy Attacks, 1996-2006 ................. 27
Armed Forces and Government Spending......................28
Armed Forces ....... 28
Table: Regional Armed Forces, 2007 (including conscripted, ’000) ....................................... 31
Defence and Military Alliances................... 32
Defence Budget..... 32
International Deployments.......................... 33
Weapons Of Mass Destruction.................... 34
Market Overview..........................35
Industry Trends And Developments ............ 36
Arms Trade Overview................................. 37
Procurement Trends And Developments..... 38
Industry Forecast Scenario .........40
Army Enlargements..................................... 40
Government Expenditure On Defence......... 41
Table: Singapore’s Government Defence Expenditure, 2006-2013 ... 41
Macroeconomic Forecast ........................... 42
Table: Singapore – Economic Activity, 2006-2013........................... 44
Company Profiles........................45
Singapore Technologies Aero ..................... 45
Singapore Technologies Kinetics................ 46
Singapore Technologies Electronics........... 48
Singapore Technologies Marine ................. 49
Country Snapshot: Singapore Demographic Data .........50
Section 1: Population.................................. 50
Table: Demographic Indicators, 2005-2030..................................... 50
Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown, 2000-2030 .................................... 51
Section 2: Education And Healthcare......... 51
Table: Education, 2000-2004 ..................... 51
Table: Vital Statistics, 2005-2030............... 51
Section 3: Labour Market And Spending Power ............................... 52
Table: Employment Indicators, 2001-2006....................................... 52
Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012 (US$) ............................. 52
BMI Methodology ........................53
How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts ....................................... 53
Defence Industry......................................... 53
City Terrorism Rating................................. 54
Table: Methodology.................................... 56
Sources ...................... 57