You need more efforts and drastic measures than what your government already had done in previous days and years if you want to face China and other contestants in SCS races of claims. You must noted what the Malaysian doing to your government when they facing Sulu Sultanate problems in their countries, "They ignores your defence Forces capabilities!!".
I will put it straighfordwardly, even with economic hardship and poverty ridden problems Ethiopia had a more decent Armed Forces than you peoples. Honestly your government is more corrupt and bureaucratic than what we have here. Decisions is coming too late and even without a good result afterthat. What i can see is even your government cannot complete the purchasing of 21 units second hand Huey's in the same frame times Indonesian needed to producing more than 24 new Bell 412 EP. Philliphine with more than 280 billions US dollar GDP and more than 90 millions populations will be proper to have decent eQuipment for your armed forces like the Vietnam or Algeria did have.