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A hypothetical military alliance between China and Russia. The two countries share a land border and they signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001. A twenty-year strategic treaty extended or another 5 years after its expiration in February 2022. China is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion people, on the other hand Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,098,246 square kilometres.

Currently, China focuses on domestic weapon designs and manufacturing, while still importing certain military products from Russia, such as jet engines. In September 2018, Russia hosted the militaries of China and Mongolia as a part of the Vostok 2018 military exercise. Russia and China flew joint bomber patrols over the Pacific. China refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the implementation of international sanctions during the war, China provided economic relief to Russia.

Philippines is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 300,000 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 36,289 km). The capital of Philippines is Manila. The number of inhabitants is 106,651,394.

The Philippines has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is equipped with a mix of imported weapons systems, particularly second-hand equipment from the USA.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 494.4 billion $ 5 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 3,035,000 143,100
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 70,000
Available for military: 420,586,837 25,614,135

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 18,017 18
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 567
Total artillery: 25,360 325
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 0
Rocket artillery: 7,471 0

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 9,048 229
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 12
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 0
Attack aircraft: 809 13
Helicopters: 3,020 111
UCAV (combat drone): 251 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,395 196
Aircraftcarriers: 5 0
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 2
Corvettes: 153 3
Submarines: 140 0

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

China and Russia

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Philippines

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Philippines

17-23 years of age (officers 20-24) for voluntary military service; no conscription; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens with either 72 college credit hours (enlisted) or a baccalaureate degree (officers).