[aegiscg47]

Excluding patrol vessels of various sizes, their navy has 14 combat ships, with none of them bigger than a frigate. The main striking power of their air force are their OV-10 Broncos. Their armed forces are designed for counter insurgency operations and not much else. Even though I am skeptical of the Chinese ability to conduct high tempo, complex ops, they're going to take care of any threat the Philippines has to offer pretty fast if the shooting starts.

[snoringbear]

“they’re going to take care of any threat the Philippines has to offer pretty fast if the shooting starts.”

Agree with what you say. I believe though its the chinese whos making the threats - which means that they would be on offense. Thereby the chinese are the one’s who would be obligated to project power.