MERGED: RP-China Territorial Dispute, Related Events and Updates

[digitalsuperman]

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vietnam just recently bought submarines from russia to further strengthen their navy...maybe to better protect their claims....

Vietnam has signed a deal with Russia to buy submarines, aircraft and other military hardware, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Tuesday.

"Vietnam has signed a contract to buy submarines, aircraft and other military equipment with the Russian side," he told reporters after negotiations with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

No details on the contract terms, sum involved, or types of military systems have been made available, but according to earlier media reports, Russia plans to sell Vietnam six Kilo-class Project 636 diesel-electric submarines, worth $1.8 billion.

Vietnam has also reportedly ordered Svetlyak-class patrol boats and frigates.

The Project 636 Kilo-class submarine is thought to be one of the world's most silent subs. It has been specifically designed for anti-shipping and anti-submarine operations in relatively shallow waters.

The Project-677, or Lada-class, diesel submarine, whose export version is known as the Amur 1650, features a new anti-sonar coating for its hull, an extended cruising range, and advanced anti-ship and anti-submarine weaponry.

Both submarines are equipped with advanced Club-S integrated missile systems.

State-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport previously said Russia could sell up to 40 fourth-generation diesel-electric submarines to foreign customers by 2015.

MOSCOW, December 15 (RIA Novosti)

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20091215/157249436.html

[c_cebrecus]

hmm it just crossed my mind but, naa ba submarine ang pilipinas?

[Genocide]

hahaha! submarino guru na mga taw naa ang pilipinas. hahahah!

[digitalsuperman]

i updated my post.hehe..

https://www.istorya.net/forums/politics-and-current-events/256819-china-vs-vietnam-claiming-spratlys-as-theirs-wa-sila-kyapi.html#post6370428

[canister_sa_puwet]

looy nimg if vietnam kong gyerahon,,,,,,, China is a "sleeping giant",,, hadlok rbang US ani nla.

[monrose29]

hahaha di mahadlok ang u.s nga kadaghan insik sa tibo-ok kalibutan kana nalang da-an gi ingon nila kong mag dungan og lukso ang tanang insik sa kalibutan labaw pas linug sa haiti nga 7.0

seriously unsa man gyud klaro nga baragonan sa philppines aneh unsa may status sa atong claim karon kinsa maka provide og info bout aneh...

[peewee_toot]

^^same question. dapat mo focus ta sa atong nasud...

[pseudonitz]

Hala, pag-awayanay mo nga Vietnamese ug Chinese -- -- basta didto lang mo mag pininsi-ngay sa inyong lugar... ganahan man kaha mo'g pinatyanay.

[peewee_toot]

^^kuyaw kng dili ra pinsing ang gamiton ani nla...

[pinoyapache]

china and vietnam fought a brief naval battle in the spratleys in 1979 that led to the sinking of a vietnamese gunboat. china liked to gobble up everything in its path even a piece of submerged rocks called the scarborough shoal just a few kilometers off zambales. they are so confident of their status as a new economic/political/military superpower.