>>511272983
>People protest against corruption a lot in Russia, the difference is, it has never yielded any results.
In Russia protests and public opinion matters more than in the US.

Putins first years were essentially built on that.
He let radicals like Zhironovsky, float ideas, then looked at the public response and then acted on it if there was support.
In the west, the people in charge simply don't care because they will get the next step in their career at the "NGO"/banks etc if they deliver policies people hate but their backers want.

So protests and elections actually matter more in Russia than in the best western democracies in the world.

>>510552343
fatal filesystem corruption I guess

>>510552437
Katyusha-fren, your deep knowledge of the natural sciences is impressive!

>>510528596
>then the phillipines can launch anti-ship missiles from land based positions
>this is our plan with the marine corps, they'll be island hopping on helicopters and taking pot shots
290 km range from their best missile systems is not really a range that matters.
And launches from land means Chinese retaliation against land.

Good luck with that...

In the meantime, they will be without both an air force and navy.
Each ship would cost 300 billion.

Also, I was wrong here >>510528517
>The Phillipines have 5 frigates with the armament of small corvettes (8 anti ship missiles and limited SAMs) +1 corvette with only offensive capability being torpedoes.
They only have 3 frigates and 1 corvette for a total of 4 lightly armed ships.
This is pretty much the limit of what they can afford.

>>510529069
>We don't have sea mines, AA, or even kamikaze drones, and our retarded government stole a ton of cash intended for the modernization program of the Armed Forces.
Pretty much.
So this makes any provocation against China nothing but angry barking.
Ofc with the risk that China actually takes the barking seriously and ends the Philipine navys existence.

The US ability to make their vassals seppuku themselves is remarkable.

>>510528596
>then the phillipines can launch anti-ship missiles from land based positions
>this is our plan with the marine corps, they'll be island hopping on helicopters and taking pot shots
290 km range from their best missile systems is not really a range that matters.
And launches from land means Chinese retaliation against land.

Good luck with that...

In the meantime, they will be without both an air force and navy.
Each ship would cost 300 billion.

Also, I was wrong here >>510528517
>The Phillipines have 5 frigates with the armament of small corvettes (8 anti ship missiles and limited SAMs) +1 corvette with only offensive capability being torpedoes.
They only have 3 frigates and 1 corvette for a total of 4 lightly armed ships.
This is pretty much the limit of what they can afford.

>>510529069
>We don't have sea mines, AA, or even kamikaze drones, and our retarded government stole a ton of cash intended for the modernization program of the Armed Forces.
Pretty much.
So this makes any provocation against China nothing but angry barking.
Ofc with the risk that China actually takes the barking seriously and ends the Philipine navys existence.

The US ability to make their vassals seppuku themselves is remarkable.

>>510091820
>stop replying to this elgin shill
I don't see what's surprising here.
They were taught by the French and excel in fighting like French..

>>530700072
Consider this

>>510008993
Golden kippah already in danger?!