Christopher Green

It's good to see South Korea is rapidly filling the Philippines' naval and air forces, which are crucial for Pacific security. With new frigates, OPVs, missiles, fighter jets, and more being delivered to the Philippines, they will likely focus its spending for the time being on reviewing and inspecting its currently acquired systems. While Poland and Malaysia will soon receive their FA-50 Block-70, it would be ideal if the Philippines also quickly secured the Block-70, KF-21, submarines, and the HDF-3600 ordered by Peru. It would also be a good idea to consider the M-SAM-II ballistic missile interceptor system to complement the Israeli SPYDER that the Philippines received. However, we expect that the budget for acquiring new systems will not be specifically determined until next year. As I have always mentioned, budget, price, and time determine over 90 percent of almost everything. And the new systems are always expensive... By the way, who drew this cool image? Please let me know. It would be great if there were any updates.

I've mapped & remapped North Korea's border security a dozen times & I'm doing it again. And it's amazing how often they pour resources into building an impenetrable fence only for it to get washed away in a flood, & they have to move the repaired fence to a new part of the bank