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Joint air defense network to patrol disputed water
Topic Started: Jul 28 2011, 02:37 AM (1,437 Views)
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Joint air defense network to patrol disputed waters

by Joyce Pangco Pañares and Jeremiah F. de Guzman

July 27, 2011, Manila standard

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III said the military will revive its Air Defense Organization to focus on the priority areas in the South China Sea, which Manila now calls the West Philippine Sea.

In his State-of-the-Nation Address Monday, Mr. Aquino said a Joint Maritime Force composed of Navy and Air Force troops would also be restructured to carry out missions in the West Philippine Sea “to protect vital resources and sea exploration activities.

“At the same time, initiatives are being made to revive the Air Defense Organization focused on the airspace of priority areas in western Philippines.”

Military spokesman Commodore Miguel Rodriguez denied that the air defense network’s revival was prompted by recent tensions in the West Philippine Sea over the territorial disputes on the Spratly Islands, as well as the Chinese incursions in the Recto Bank (Reed Bank) that is within the country’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.

“We want to improve our interdiction capability. We are looking at the possible organization of a specialized team,” Rodriguez said.

Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Okol said the air defense network was shelved in 2005 when the military decommissioned its fighter jets.

“The defense climate nowadays is shifting toward territorial defense, so we are also shifting our paradigm from internal security,” Okol said.

Earlier, Armed Forces Modernization Program Management office head Brig. Gen. Roy Deveraturda said the country would acquire eight new transport helicopters worth P3.2 billion.

He said the first four of the twin-engine combat utility helicopters would arrive in November and the other half would be delivered by next year.

The W-3A Sokol choppers, manufactured by the Polish firm PZL-Swidnik, would be deployed to the West Philippine Sea and the disputed Spratly Islands, he said.

The new choppers, to be used for combat, search and rescue and relief operations, would cost the Armed Forces close to P400 million each, Deveraturda said.

“The presence of the military [in the West Philippine Sea] is for sovereign patrol. We have 200 miles of exclusive economic zone that we should patrol,” he said.

The Spratly Islands, which are believed to be rich in oil and gas deposits, are being claimed in whole or in part by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.

On Tuesday, the Energy Department said the government had begun procuring P8 billion worth of security and support infrastructure for oil exploration sites amid an intensifying territorial rift with China.

Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said the department, in coordination with the National Defense and Budget Departments, had allocated P8-billion worth of transport and monitoring equipment over two years to secure oil rigs all over the country.

“These are recommendations from the Department of National Defense on what they feel are appropriate to secure all exploration facilities,” he said.

Almendras said the Armed Forces would be procuring the equipment with funding from $4.5 billion in royalties that the national government had been receiving from the Malampaya project.

“I do not want to say that this is just dedicated to Recto Bank. There are 15 service contracts, and some of these are between Palawan and Mindanao. And there is a security threat in this area,” he said.

“We are not out for a showdown or for a show of force. We need vessels to give support to exploration sites.”

The Energy Department’s 15 oil- and gas-exploration contracts worth $7.5-billion are in Northwest Palawan, East Palawan, the Sulu Sea, in Mindoro-Cuyo, Cagayan, and in Central Luzon and Cotabato. :bow:
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PH to revive Air Defense Organization for priority areas in South China Sea

26-Jul-11, Chichi Conde, InterAksyon.com

MANILA, Philippines - The military will revive its Air Defense Organization to focus on priority areas in the South China Sea, which Manila now calls West Philippine Sea, according to President Benigno Aquino III.

In the technical report of his State of the Nation Address, Mr. Aquino said a Joint Maritime Force composed of Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force forces is also being restructured to “carry out missions” in the West Philippine Sea “to protect vital resources and sea exploration activities.”

“At the same time, initiatives are being made to revive the Air Defense Organization focused on the airspace of priority areas in western Philippines.”

The air defense network was shelved in 2005 when the military decommissioned its fighter jets.

“The defense climate nowadays shifting toward territorial defense, so we are also shifting our paradigm from internal security,” Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Okol said.

Earlier, Armed Forces Modernization Program Management office head Brig. Gen. Roy Deveraturda said the country would acquire eight brand new attack choppers worth P3.2 billion.

Deveraturda said the first four of the twin-engine combat utility helicopters would arrive in November and the other half next year.

The W-3A Sokol choppers, manufactured by Polish firm PZL-Swidnik, will be deployed to the West Philippine Sea, including to the disputed Spratly Islands, he said.
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Jul 28 2011, 02:37 AM
Joint air defense network to patrol disputed waters

by Joyce Pangco Pañares and Jeremiah F. de Guzman

July 27, 2011, Manila standard

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III said the military will revive its Air Defense Organization to focus on the priority areas in the South China Sea, which Manila now calls the West Philippine Sea.

In his State-of-the-Nation Address Monday, Mr. Aquino said a Joint Maritime Force composed of Navy and Air Force troops would also be restructured to carry out missions in the West Philippine Sea “to protect vital resources and sea exploration activities.

“At the same time, initiatives are being made to revive the Air Defense Organization focused on the airspace of priority areas in western Philippines.”

Military spokesman Commodore Miguel Rodriguez denied that the air defense network’s revival was prompted by recent tensions in the West Philippine Sea over the territorial disputes on the Spratly Islands, as well as the Chinese incursions in the Recto Bank (Reed Bank) that is within the country’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.

“We want to improve our interdiction capability. We are looking at the possible organization of a specialized team,” Rodriguez said.

Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Okol said the air defense network was shelved in 2005 when the military decommissioned its fighter jets.

“The defense climate nowadays is shifting toward territorial defense, so we are also shifting our paradigm from internal security,” Okol said.

Earlier, Armed Forces Modernization Program Management office head Brig. Gen. Roy Deveraturda said the country would acquire eight new transport helicopters worth P3.2 billion.

He said the first four of the twin-engine combat utility helicopters would arrive in November and the other half would be delivered by next year.

The W-3A Sokol choppers, manufactured by the Polish firm PZL-Swidnik, would be deployed to the West Philippine Sea and the disputed Spratly Islands, he said.

The new choppers, to be used for combat, search and rescue and relief operations, would cost the Armed Forces close to P400 million each, Deveraturda said.

“The presence of the military [in the West Philippine Sea] is for sovereign patrol. We have 200 miles of exclusive economic zone that we should patrol,” he said.

The Spratly Islands, which are believed to be rich in oil and gas deposits, are being claimed in whole or in part by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.

On Tuesday, the Energy Department said the government had begun procuring P8 billion worth of security and support infrastructure for oil exploration sites amid an intensifying territorial rift with China.

Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said the department, in coordination with the National Defense and Budget Departments, had allocated P8-billion worth of transport and monitoring equipment over two years to secure oil rigs all over the country.

“These are recommendations from the Department of National Defense on what they feel are appropriate to secure all exploration facilities,” he said.

Almendras said the Armed Forces would be procuring the equipment with funding from $4.5 billion in royalties that the national government had been receiving from the Malampaya project.

“I do not want to say that this is just dedicated to Recto Bank. There are 15 service contracts, and some of these are between Palawan and Mindanao. And there is a security threat in this area,” he said.

“We are not out for a showdown or for a show of force. We need vessels to give support to exploration sites.”

The Energy Department’s 15 oil- and gas-exploration contracts worth $7.5-billion are in Northwest Palawan, East Palawan, the Sulu Sea, in Mindoro-Cuyo, Cagayan, and in Central Luzon and Cotabato. :bow:

This is a revival of the previous combined AD network, joint operations by PAF and PN, during the time of Marcos and Ramos, respectively. But as far as I know, there will be improvements on the collaborative efforts, which will be improved using the new radar systems, hoping to arrive by 2013-2014.

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Looking at the past history of the AFP in relation to joint forces:

1.) I remember an entity called "National Manuever Force" , although my recollection was that this was more "land-based" in nature consisting of the scout rangers, special forces and marines. dont know its current status

2.) There is the Fleet-Marine team of the navy.

3.) There is the Navy task forces, and the navy "Ready Force"

4.) As far as joint exercises, there is Exercise Pagsisikap which involving marines, army , air force(?)- amphibious landings, etc

5.) Exercise Dagit which involves Air force and navy, e.g. PAF choppers practicing landing on navy LSTs.

6.) Mindanao coast watch south which involves AFP, PNP, quarantine, immigration, customs, etc.

7.) AFP unified commands, e.g. WESCOM - PNP maritime police boats, PCG vessels and PN patrol ships plus marines, CAFGU, reserba, etc.

Back to the present, I assume this new "Sea-Air" plan is taking into consideration new equipments to be acquired - MRFs, attack choppers, Radars, WHECs, MRVs, etc for envelopment attack from sea-air and land . Any ideas ?, feedback ??
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here is the point guys/comrades. because of the long neglect of our civilian and military leaders we are now craming or rushing these external defense/ moderniztion which is too late, but of course we need to move on and proceed inspite of the damage done. My suggestion is to fast truck and maintain security in PWS especially if we are going to conduct drilling is to ask Japan, and Australia who are not too happy about the Chinese behavior to rent us some of their subs and MRFs, the subs can be manned by lets say Japanese personnel, it will be manned by them but will include PN officers to make decisions if warranted and as a representative making sure no confusion or untoward incident like sinking a PLAN vessel by accident. lol. this will also be good training for our PN officer for in preparation for our acquisition of our subs in near future. With the MRF, Japanese and Australian MRFs can be stationed in Western Command while on routine patrol and can go back to their respective countries when needed anytime but we have MRFs to show the Chinese and if dog fight will be inevitable then that should be part of the agreement or contract, until we finally have our own MRFs. These aircrafts should be flown by their respective Air Forces and not our pilots to reduce our liability in case of malfunction and crash which means we are are not accountable for such since it is being flown by their pilots. I am kind of skeptic about the US helping us. We have been acting like a baby depending on the US for everything, If you look at our history the US screwed us up couple of times. They did not compensate all of the Philippine Scouts in WWII, they also colonize us and took lots of our natural resources, the US foreign policy is their interests comes first before helping. What is their interest in helping us? after China bought trillions of their debt, and China now has lots of US companies invested in China. Our old traditional leaders are in old school. the new school now is we need to rely on ourselves and be strong as the balance of power is changing.

China will be a formidable enemy for us and the whole ASEAN now that they have an aircraft carrier and the 2nd is being built and they have now a stealth bomber, they must have more some secret weapons the US and the world do not know that can defeat the US. They are also the masters of warfare since Sun Tzu is a chinese. My experience in the military is never underestimate your enemy.
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Yung mga pinagmamalake ni PNoy ngayon na mga helicopters from poland, di yan reliable sa pagpapatrol sa WPS, wala pang ASW capability so they will just gonna waste it's fuel. This is rediculous.
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Air defense network to be effective should also include surface to air missiles. I wonder if these are being considered. :armyeek:
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I don't think any country would lease its own equipment and personnel in defense of another country..
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The W-3A Sokol choppers would be utilized for combat, search and rescue and relief operations, including patrol missions. It is not suited for ASW operations. Maybe we need another chopper or a long range patrol aircraft with ASW capability. You can't put anything to a single chopper.
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Jul 28 2011, 10:43 AM
Yung mga pinagmamalake ni PNoy ngayon na mga helicopters from poland, di yan reliable sa pagpapatrol sa WPS, wala pang ASW capability so they will just gonna waste it's fuel. This is rediculous.

thats true spearhead;


but at least Pnoy had started acquiring these new assets, even not to our expectations, its a good start. Past presidents after Marcos, have done nothing for our AFP, especially depressing is Fidel Ramos who was a West Point grad, did not do a thing. Pnoy also is trying to improve the pay, benefits and housing for members of the AFP and PNP, again a move not done and popular in the past. Its long overdue and at least it is now being done. Lets hope the modernzation, upgrades of facilities and weapons systems will not hit a snag or half baked but will continue until we are at par with our neighbors armed forces or better. Times are changing and the US economic and military power is in the decline, remember the law of physics?, what comes up must come down and thats whats happening to the US, soon they will be just another regional power like UK and France and thats whats ahead in the future. we need to be prepared for this changes, or else we will just keep on taking punches and blunders after another and soon might loose some of our territories.
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