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| israeli | Mar 29 2012, 11:19 PM Post #1 |
 
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Manila offers U.S. wider military access, seeks weapons by Manuel Mogato and Rosemarie Francisco, Reuters Posted at 03/29/2012 10:27 PM | Updated as of 03/29/2012 10:27 PM MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is offering the United States greater access to its airfields and may open new areas for soldiers to use, as the Pacific country seeks stronger military ties with its closest ally, moves likely to further raise tensions with China. In exchange for opening its bases, the Philippines will ask Washington for more military equipment and training, including a another Hamilton-class warship and possibly a squadron of old F-16 jet fighters, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario told Reuters on Thursday. "As part of building up our minimum credible defence posture, we would like the Americans to come more often," del Rosario said in an interview at his office near Manila Bay. Manila favours more frequent joint military drills, he said. One such exercise, which will be staged on western island Palawan for the first time, is scheduled for April 16. "Let's have these joint training exercises more frequently and on a bigger scale. As many times as we can, in different places if we can, that's the objective of the exercise," del Rosario said, the first official confirmation of talks between the countries on increasing the U.S. military presence in the Philippines. <snipped> Del Rosario said the possible purchase of F-16s and the request for a third cutter for the coast guard would be among issues up for discussion at a meeting between the two sides on April 30 in Washington. The U.S. is also looking into gaining access, under a "joint use" arrangement, to around half a dozen civilian airfields in the Philippines, where U.S. transports, fighters and spy planes can land for repairs, refuelling and temporary deployment. <snipped> Intelligence partners In the last 10 years, the Philippines has received about 22 billion pesos ($512.22 million) in U.S. military aid, Del Rosario said. Washington is Manila's closest and only strategic security partner, since the two countries signed a mutual defence treaty six years after the Philippines won its independence from the United States. Del Rosario said he welcomed closer intelligence cooperation in the South China Sea, after the U.S. last year proposed deploying P3C Orion reconnaissance planes to patrol disputed areas of the South China Sea. <snipped> Manila hopes China will not feel threatened by its increased defence cooperation with Washington. "We expressed our satisfaction when China was in the process of building up its military, increasing its military budget," Del Rosario said. "We expect that China, in the same way, would be happy to be able to see the Philippines trying to, in some measure, build up its own capabilities to be able to protect its own sovereignty." The United States deploys about 600 commandos in the southern Philippine. Del Rosario said it was possible there would be an increase in the number of U.S. troops, aircraft and ships visiting the Philippines, but the two sides were not discussing setting up permanent U.S. bases in the country. More of the article here. |
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| fernandez705 | Mar 30 2012, 01:03 AM Post #2 |
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whats the point of asking another hamilton class cutter costing $15 mil (correct me if im wrong) with an armament of a naval gun, cwis (if possible), buhmaster cannons. we can get a vietnamese TT-400TP class armed with a 1 x 76.2mm AK-176 main gun, 1 x 30mm AK-630 cwis for just $1 mil, so 1 hamilton costing $15 mil is equivalent to 15 TT-400TP class only costing $1 mil with similar weapons. its better to get the TT-400TP class and save up money to procure more maestral and soldati class both missile capable. |
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| icefrog | Mar 30 2012, 01:16 AM Post #3 |
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Since the 2nd Cutter has already been allocated then that's a done deal. Good chance it could be the last one we will request, though. The Maestrale in particular would be great if it comes in a reasonable price plus any donations from Japan and SK. Long term strategy should be the capability to produce our own ships like Vietnam. |
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| fernandez705 | Mar 30 2012, 03:10 AM Post #4 |
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what happened to our suggestion of free equipment or money for allowing us troops to be based in our country (temporarily) haven't they've been listening to our post here in pdff. in a way we are lugi because they exploit our resources, and earn profit for procuring equipment from them (in a bad condition in a way) but its okay in return for protection but it still increases the tension in the conflict. if i was them i will stil procure equipment from america (primarily MRFs) for relation purposes, but for other equipments id choose other countries, for example as i said before cheap vessels from Vietnam with similar weapons but 15 times cheaper than the hamilton than we bought, the money that we saved can be used to procure missile ships (eg maestral and soldati), subs, and other mrfs and lifts (suggestively from the russians), force protection and other equipment that i haven't mentioned. if aquino is pro modernization then he should invest more money to protect our EEZ and to start our self reliance project, so we can exploit it with no one bothering us meaning more money back for our country leading to a better economy, (as i said before) |
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| omen | Mar 30 2012, 07:32 AM Post #5 |
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sir fernandez we need those WHECs in patrolling the high seas and training as we opt to get/acquire bigger and more advance warships; those VPN gunboats are not bad in patrolling our coastal areas 
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| spearhead | Mar 30 2012, 08:43 AM Post #6 |
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The philippines should also ask for Surface-to-Air Missiles complete with radar system included with the squadron of F16 MRF. |
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| THE_NEWS_MAN | Mar 31 2012, 04:45 AM Post #7 |
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'US should provide Phl with military hardware' WASHINGTON – The United States should provide the Philippines with badly needed military hardware and any necessary training for its maritime defense in light of heightening tensions in the South China Sea, Robert Warshaw of the Heritage Foundation said. Protecting freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is clearly in America’s national interest and key to that is the Philippines, he said. Rotating US forces through Philippine training facilities as well as maintaining the US counterinsurgency training force and observers in Mindanao, should be discussed by the foreign and defense secretaries of both countries at their scheduled 2+2 meeting in Washington on April 30, said Warshaw, research assistant in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will meet with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin to discuss Philippine defense needs and a military expansion of US forces in the Philippines in addition to a current rotating force of about 600 servicemen in Mindanao. Filipino officials have expressed interest in acquiring a third cutter and a squadron of F-16s. The Philippines took delivery of a Coast Guard cutter last year and a second one is scheduled for delivery this year. In turn because of the Philippines’ geostrategic position in the South China Sea the Americans want to mount reconnaissance flights from Philippine airfields. The United States is reportedly considering an Australian coral atoll in the Indian Ocean as a possible site to launch spy flights over the South China Sea as part of a plan to shift its forces closer to Southeast Asia to counterbalance China’s growing military might. The moves which are under discussion are in addition to an agreement announced by both countries in November to deploy up to 2,500 US Marines to Darwin, on Australia’s northern coast. Analysts here view the US “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific region as it winds down a costly decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq as a clear response to a rising China. Pentagon officials are repor-tedly looking at Perth in Western Australia as a possible site to give the US Navy a sorely needed place to refuel, reequip and repair ships on the Indian Ocean. The US is also eying the Cocos Islands, a remote Australian territory not only for manned surveillance aircraft, but also for Global Hawks, an unarmed, high-altitude surveillance plane, The Washington Post said recently. The best way for the US to guarantee stability in the South China Sea is by maintaining a forward deployed, ready military posture across the Western Pacific. Thankfully, the Philippines is proving a very willing, and increasingly capable ally, Warshaw said. State function Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs reiterated yesterday Pag-asa Island belongs to the Philippines so the country will not be stopped in developing it. The DFA said it is a state function and obligation of the Philippine government to the Filipinos living in the islands of Kalayaan to bring progress and development there. The municipality of Kalayaan on Pag-asa Island is looking forward to the island’s conversion into a tourist spot and a recreation haven for visiting American troops and other friendly forces with the scheduled construction of a beaching ramp to accommodate roll-on, roll-off vessels. Source |
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| Maubanin70 | Mar 31 2012, 05:51 AM Post #8 |
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This is how China try to bully their neighbor.. it is our territory why do they have "ANY" say on what we want to do with it? |
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| icefrog | Mar 31 2012, 05:22 PM Post #9 |
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That latest article just said we will be requesting a 3rd Cutter, so I guess 1 more for us. |
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| Tsukiyomi | Apr 3 2012, 08:44 PM Post #10 |
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We still need to show we are serious and buy advanced hardware as well. There are many parts of our "new" defense strategy that need to be supported by actual up to date equipment. We cannot beg for everything and we do not yet have a serious indigenous industrial capability for advanced weaponry. That is another issue altogether. |
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