Philippines only survives through US aid. They have no economy and their main export is their women as maids that repatriate that money back to the Pinoy economy.
All the 4 countries are horrible economies.
India being the worst. India is far too corrupt with red tape to ever be any challenge to China or America.
We need:
- Type 055 cruisers (20)
- Type 052D destroyers (20)
- Type 054B or Type 057 frigates (20)
- Type 056A corvettes (30)
- Type 095 SSN (20)
- Type 096 SSBN with JL-3 SLBM (10)
- Type 901 AOR (20)
- Type 071A LPD (10)
- Type 075 LHD (10)
We would rather lend the Yankees $1 trillion than spend an extra $300 billion on national defence to protect China from Japan, US, India, Vietnam and Philippines.