Because of singapore's strength in deterrence, we avert wars and get peace through diplomacy.
Singapore is also an ally of both China and USA.
Cant say the same for india, you all depend too much on others for help even with 1.3 billion people.
That is low confidence.
The reason why i said one singapore division is equal 4 india divisions is simple.
In singapore, a recruit soldier can call in for naval gunfire, artillery, ground reinforcements in mere seconds because we integrated big data into our warfare mainframe.
Our rifles are the best in the world, same goes for everything else(military hardware) that we have.
Our combat management system used by the generals gives very powerful real time data that integrates with all other systems and multipliers.
No chance for friendly fire, and all moves like clockwork chesswork.
Yet...if say, we were threatened by a much bigger and stronger neighbour, the last thing we would say is to provoke others