| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所碩士班 === 98 === Republic of Singapore had faced multiple challenges and difficulties during the initial stage of independence and it was difficult to build armed forces with sufficient combat capabilities. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the former Prime Minister of Singapore, not only sought for assistance from Israel to build Army but also requested Republic of China (Taiwan) to provide assistance of personnel and field for military training to reduce the training risk of Singapore Armed Forces.
The external political environments of Singapore Armed Forces were stable and the organizational structures were adjusted and improved by leaderships to deal with the changes of external environments. The various measures of military reformation and organizational development observed in the building history of Singapore Armed Forces indicated that the permanent mission of armed forces was to maintain the national stability and to be the foundation of national development and security. However, the defense and military strategies were adjusted timely to accommodate the changes of international environment. The theory of André Beaufre, Strategy of Action, was applied in this study to analyze the approaches of national defense development and the armed forces reformation and rebuilding plan under the total strategic guideline of Republic of Singapore. The political and strategic mechanisms are utilized to analyze the prospects, advantages and disadvantages.
Four chapters, except the introduction and conclusion, are carefully compiled in this study.
The brief outlines of chapter one is the changes of international environment and security affairs of Singapore to study the diplomatic and security effects caused by the neighbor countries and regional organizations and figure out the effects of external environments upon the decision making of Singapore defense policy.
The national security policies of Singapore are discussed in multiple dimensions to learn the national defense strategies in chapter two.
The developments and changes of Singapore’s defense policy are interpreted in chapter three. The defense power is strengthened by applying the policy of total defense. The external strategic environments and difficulties faced by Singapore and the effects upon the national defense policy are probed into as well.
The study in chapter four follows the former chapter about the national defense policy to look into the building progress of armed forces and air force. The organizational structure developments and weapon system procurements of Singapore Air Force leaded by the new type of warfare, Military Operation other than War (MOOTW), and the comparison of air capability between Singapore and neighbor countries are also researched and analyzed. This study could be a helpful assessment reference for the research of combat capability and prospect of the 3rd generation of Singapore Air Force.
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