Navy set to acquire multirole vessels, helicopters

[CoolUkoy]

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so far wala paman g balita nga PH NAVY ship na sangad..

RPS Leyte and BRP Datu Kalantiaw.

[hulagway]

RPS Leyte and BRP Datu Kalantiaw.

RPS LEYETE na sangad due to typon..

BRP DATU Kalantiaw,,sunk due to typhoon..

[chris_bern]

dili.aside sa mahal ra kaayo na para "karon", complicated pud na para sa atong navy sa "pagkakaron" and thats the reason why the navy opted to have the Hamilton first before buying modern ships..tawag nila ani kay "stop-gap"

aside from accusation cost.maintenance and training cost mahal pud..sa "pagkakaron"

sayang.. it could be an advantage to guard our territories.. or pwede man sad ba multi role helicopters na lang ila e purchase like adding more of UH Sokol so that our territories will be guarded within its perimeter most especially the spratly island.

ayus pud unta kung F-16 ang magbantay or any related interceptor fighter planes that can easily land even in just a small airfield.

[leonell]

"The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!"
GEN. PERSHING, US.ARMY

UWAAHHHH!!!!

Shouldn't NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS be the world's deadliest weapon?

[leonell]

shoot....this will be a means for North Korea to arm up....

this NOT something to be happy about....this is one step closer to war....

this is something to be happy YEARS AGO OR YEARS AFTER NOW....dili karon nga there's too much tension between North Korea and allied forces....

What the hell are you talking about? We can never wage war against countries unless we are attacked first. The 1987 Constitution only allows a 'defensive war' for the country. It means we cannot declare war a unless another country attacks us first.

Another thing is that we have a very weak military as of now. We are probably one of the weakest nations in the world. We need to expand and modernize our military so that we can provide the Filipino people security in their own country. We are not promoting war, we are just fortifying ourselves to make us capable of defending ourselves from foreign aggression efficiently. The issue of modernization is long overdue, and now we are improving much from what we were a few years back.

The country is threatened by international disputes and the continuous changing of global geopolitics. Our military strength is a diplomatic leverage for us to push Filipino national interest abroad.

It is not a bad development, for a fact we should be happy that our traditional allies are helping us improve ourselves. The U.S is now shifting its attention away from Iraq and Afghanistan to Asia-Pacific and the Middle-east. Their primary objective is to contain China to preserve U.S dominance in the Pacific. The Philippines can benefit from this 'change of attention' by the U.S if we know how to play our cards well. We need America to counterbalance China's rising power in Asia. What we are doing now is to fortify ourselves so that we can stand up to Chinese bullying in West Philippine Sea and - 'secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of a regime of truth justice, freedom, love, equality and peace.' - quoted from the Preamble of the 1987 Constitution.

[RaviAuto]

In the picture, naa lagi vehicles. Apil na sa MRV package??

I haven't seen this pics can you suggest me ??

[7DMM]

Shouldn't NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS be the world's deadliest weapon?

it isn't. for me it's the human mind.

well back to topic

[orochimaru700]

Shouldn't NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS be the world's deadliest weapon?

Biological/Chemical Warfare is far more deadlier than Nuclear weapons...

[balipseyev]

Wala naku kasubay ani na thread da...

Anyway here's an update, although a month ago pa ang news...

From "Daily Yomiuri Shimbun"

Govt providing patrol ships to R.P.

The Yomiuri Shimbun

The government is considering providing the Philippines with patrol vessels and a sea-ground communications system as part of its official development assistance, according to sources.

The move is apparently intended to secure the safety of the nation's sea-lanes and help the Philippines boost its maritime security against piracy and counter China, whose maritime activities in the South China Sea have strained its *****eral relationship with the Philippines.

The Foreign Ministry plans to dispatch officials to the Philippines in May to determine the type and number of patrol vessels to be sent to the country, the sources said.

The government is considering using a yen loan to provide the vessels and grant assistance for the communications system, they added.

As patrol vessels equipped with bulletproof windows are regarded as arms, their export is usually banned under the three principles on arms exports. However, the government offered such ships to Indonesia in 2006 as an exception to the principles.

The principles were eased in December with the introduction of regulations allowing exports of defense equipment for humanitarian purposes.

If the government decides to send the vessels to the Philippines, it will be the first case under these regulations.

Japan could provide Philippines with coastguard ships
Kosuke Takahashi JDW Correspondent
Tokyo
James Hardy JDW Asia-Pacific Editor
London

The Japanese government is considering offering patrol vessels to the Philippine Coast Guard in Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) as a form of overseas development aid, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told IHS Jane's on 27 March.

Such an offer would be the first since the government eased its so-called 'three principles' on arms exports in December 2011, paving the way for Japan to participate in the international development and production of military equipment.
Japan and the Philippines discussed the patrol vessels at a strategic dialogue between deputy ministerial-level government officials on 23 March, the official said.

"Japan and the Philippines have worked together previously, such as on anti-piracy measures," the official said. "Our bi-lateral relations have strengthened since the Japan-Philippine summit meeting last September."

The Nikkei Shimbun newspaper reported on 22 March that the Philippines had requested two 1,000-ton class, 100 m-long patrol vessels and 10 180-ton class, 40 m-long patrol vessels.

[æRLO]

"The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!"
GEN. PERSHING, US.ARMY

UWAAHHHH!!!!

Oo rah! semper fi!