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Chinook helicopters crossed the Singaporean skies, flanked by Apache gunships, while German-made Leopard battle tanks paraded on the streets below and US-made F-16 fighter jets put on an air show.
Last week’s exhibition, part of Singapore’s annual National Day celebration, offered a vivid display of the military assets of a country that according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute had the world’s third-highest military spending per capita in 2023. It ranked fifth in 2021.
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Chris Wright
Chris is a journalist specialising in business and financial journalism across Asia, Australia and the Middle East. He is Asia editor for Euromoney magazine and has written for publications including the Financial Times, Institutional Investor, Forbes, Asiamoney, the Australian Financial Review, Discovery Channel Magazine, Qantas: The Australian Way and BRW. He is the author of No More Worlds to Conquer, published by HarperCollins.