Has anyone else read that (link above) story yet? This country's military spending relative to population ranks among the top 5 in the world. Israel has a conscription system similar to Singapore's. However, the Israeli Defence Force conscripts women (all non Arab Israelis serve a minimum of 2 years) and fights wars which would explain the high expenditure and actively engage in fighting wars.
Our army's line that we are a 'deterrent' force is right. There are so many 'soldiers' of all different ranks, enlisted and commissioned alike who are so incompetent and unfit that is so symptomatic of what the hell is wrong with this army. As a soldier, I don't dare imagine what would happen if war breaks out. I only hope all this posturing manages to fool our enemies who might come to the conclusion that more money equals better armed forces.
I honestly wonder what's being done with all that money. I shouldn't have memories of infantry training where I'm whacking the side of my rifle with my multi tool whilst rushing to overrun the enemy, because the rifle jams up with every shot I take. That's just wrong. A rifle that can't fire for nuts.
Seriously, just employ the Israeli soldiers and save money wasted on training batches of soldiers every two years. An Israeli conscript would probably fight much better, be cheaper to hire, and are probably plain tougher than the Singaporean boys who go running to their parents at the slightest sign of hardship. I wonder if they have combat soldiers in the IDF who will fail our laughably easy to pass Individual Physical Proficiency Test.
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