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Singapore safeguards independence after 1965, 🛍️, :moneybag:, :skull_and…

- - - - N and S Viet continued to fight
        Supported by US Cold War
        against Communism domino
- - - - Friendly relations
        Buy equipment
        Combined exercises
        Train, learn, experience
    - - Good relations with older countries who are economically and militarily more powerful such as US
      - Maintain peace and stability together
        Promote economic growth. social progress, and cultural development
      - Recognise Singapore independence.
        Singapore's voice to be heard all around the world
    - - UN, 1965
      - ASEAN, 1967
  - - - What?
        
        Conscription
        
        18 years old and above
        
        at least two years
        
        Reservist
        
        Occasional training
        
        Take up arms during emergencies
        
        SAF
        
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      - 1954
      - Why?
        
        Large Pool! Sizeable!
        
        Loyalty, invested
        
        Protect friends, family, property
        
        Survival, responsibility, ownership
        
        Bring together different race, religion, and social background (rich and poor)
        
        Builds character
    - - What?
        
        Locally-made
        Equipment: uniforms, boots
        Weapons: tanks, airplanes
        
        Defence Minstry
        Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS, 1967)
        
        Trained defence engineers and schientists to design and fabricate new technology
      - Why?
        
        Innovate and upgrade
        
        relying on foreign countries was a weakness
        
        Foreign resources might cut off
        
        Good fit for Singaporeans.
        Suitable for Singaporean weather