Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia - Controlling the Malacca Straits

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the military capabilities of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia and assesses their collective ability to control the use of the Straits of Malacca and the Singapore Straits. With steadily growing economies as a source of funding, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia have made significant improvements in their military stature. Collectively, they can control this vital passage, preventing both military and commercial shipping from using these straits. These three littoral nations' key interests that might lead them to restrict and deny the use of the Malacca Straits are identified. Their military force composition and capability also is reviewed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA342286

Entities

People

  • Way Bandy Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Southeast Asia
  • Topography
  • Treaties
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union