Editor's Foreword

424 THE MILITARY BALANCE 2010
Tpt 1 sqn with C-130B Hercules; C-130H
Hercules; C-130K Hercules; 1 sqn with
Cessna 210 Centurion; GAF N-22B Nomad; 1
sqn with F-27-200 Friendship
FAC 1 sqn with OV-10 Bronco*
Trg 1 sqn with SF-260TP; 1 sqn with T-41D
Mescalero; 1 sqn with R172 Hawk XP
Hel 4 sqn with UH-1H Iroquois; 1 (VIP) sqn with
S-70 A-5 (S-70A) Black Hawk; SA-330L Puma;
Bell 412EP Twin Huey/Bell 412SP Twin Huey;
2 sqn with AUH-76; MD-520MG
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
30 combat capable
AIRCRAFT
FAC 15 OV-10 Bronco
MP 1 F-27 MK 200MPA
TPT 17: 2 C-130B Hercules (6 in store); 2 C-130H Hercules;
4 C-130K Hercules; 1 F-27-200 Friendship; 1 L-100-20 in
store; 1 Rockwell Turbo Commander 690A
UTL 4: 2 Cessna 210 Centurion; 1 GAF N-22B; 1 GAF
N-22SL Nomad;
TRG 44: 15 Augusta S-211*; 6 R172 Hawk XP; 12 SF-
260TP; 11 T-41D Mescalero; 18 SF-260F* being delivered
by end 2010
HELICOPTERS
ASLT 25: 5 AUH-76; 20 MD-520MG
SPT 2: 1 S-70 A-5 (S-70A) Black Hawk; 1 SA-330L Puma
UTL 79: 6 AB-412SP Griffon; 6 Bell 412EP Twin Huey/Bell
412SP Twin Huey; 40 UH-1H Iroquois; 27 UH-1M Iroquois
UAV 2 Blue Horizon II
MSL • AAM AIM-9B Sidewinder
Paramilitary
Philippine National Police 40,500
Deptartment of Interior and Local Government
FORCES BY ROLE
Regional 15 comd
Provincial 73 comd
Aux 62,000
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • PCI 14
Rodman
AIRCRAFT
TPT 2 BN-2 Islander
TRG 3 Lancair 320
Coast Guard
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 51
PCO 5: 4 San Juan; 1 Balsam
PCC 6: 4 Ilocosnorte; 2 Tirad
PCI 19: 4 Agusan; 3 De Haviland; 12 Swift
PBR 11
PB 10
HELICOPTERS 3 SAR
Citizen Armed Force Geographical Units
50,000 reservists
CAFGU
Militia 56 bn (part-time units which can be called up for
extended periods)
SELECTED NON-STATE GROUPS
Moro Islamic Liberation Front Est strength: 11,000 Major
equipments include: mines and IEDs, mortars, SALW •
New People’s Army Est strength: 6,000 Major equipments
include: mines and IEDs, SALW • Abu Sayyaf Group Est
strength: 300; Major equipments include: mines and IEDs,
mortars, SALW • Jemaah Islamiah Est strength: 550 Major
equipments include: mines and IEDs, SALW
DEPLOYMENT
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
UN • UNOCI 3; 4 obs
HAITI
UN • MINUSTAH 157; 1 HQ coy
INDIA/PAKISTAN
UN • UNMOGIP 3 obs
LEBANON
UN • UNDOF 12
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 136; 2 obs; 1 inf coy
SUDAN
UN • UNMIS 11 obs
TIMOR LESTE
UN • UNMIT 3 obs
FOREIGN FORCES
Brunei 30
Libya 6
United States US Pacific Command: Army 14; Navy 5;
USAF 10; USMC 82
Singapore SGP
Singapore Dollar S$ 2008 2009 2010
GDP S$ 257bn 236bn
US$ 182bn 170bn
per capita US$ 39,554 36,454
Growth % 1.1 -3.3
In�ation % 6.5
Def bdgt S$ 10.80bn 11.45bn
US$ 7.66bn 8.23bn
US$1=S$ 1.41 1.39
Population 4,657,542
Ethnic groups: Chinese 76%; Malay 15%; Indian 6%
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 8% 3% 3% 4% 27% 3%
Female 8% 3% 3% 4% 29% 4%