Tama ang Page na ito agree ako sa mga admins nito ADMIN TIM Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program Watchdog Ano ang sagot nyo mga kontra sa pagbili fighter jets at attack helicopter sa article na eto? Siguro naman po Sen. Binay at sa lahat ng kontra sa AFP Modernization at lalong-lalo na sa pagkakaroon ng fighter jets ay may valid reason kayo. Hindi na pwede yung rason na kulang sa budget dahil kung magtapon ng bilyon-bilyon kay Napoles ay sobra-sobra. Epal ang tawag sa alam mo na ang pondo nakalaan na sa Modernization ay ililihis pa sa iba para lang kunwari magpabango. Alam nyo naman na nagkapirmahan na ng kontrata at nag training na mga pilot. Kahihiyan at penalty ang aabutin ng Pinas pag inatras eto, alam nyo yan na hindi na pwede, kaya maliwanag na gusto lang makakuha ng atensyon ng Binay para magkaroon ng media coverage. Ingat kayo sa mga ganito. Military Challenges for the Philippines On March 2, 2011, two Chinese patrol boats harassed an unarmed Filipino-commissioned oil-exploration ship at Reed Bank off the western Philippines island of Palawan. In response, the Philippine Air Force dispatched two aging and obsolete planes—an OV-10 Bronco reconnaissance plane and an Islander light aircraft—but the two Chinese patrol boats had left the area by the time the slow piston-engine planes arrived.[2] In the following months, the PAF recorded a series of aerial intrusions by unidentified aircraft into the area. On May 19, 2011, two PAF OV-10s sighted two unidentified fighter jets over the Reed Bank. On June 4, a Filipino fishing vessel reported the overflight of an unidentified fighter jet at Dalagang Bukid Shoal[3]south of the Reed Bank. On July 11, a group of Filipino fishermen sighted a low-flying unidentified aircraft and a helicopter near Raja Soliman Reef, also south of Reed Bank.These developments generated panic within the military establishment and the Aquino administration. Former chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Lieutenant General Eduardo Oban admitted that “the AFP is helpless because the PAF does not have the capability to monitor and identify the intruders.”[4] Philippines Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin concurred,[5]and presidential spokesman Abigail Valte noted that the incidents highlighted the need for the Filipino government to step up the modernization of the AFP.[6] She also announced that President Benigno Aquino immediately ordered the allocation of more funds to build up the military’s territorial defense capabilities.[7]The recent two-month standoff between Filipino and Chinese civilian vessels at Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea has since accentuated the country’s military weakness, especially when it comes to air defense and maritime domain awareness. Filipino military officers argued that the incidents could have been prevented if the Philippines had a credible military that can stand up to China’s coercive diplomacy. With the withdrawal of American military facilities in the country in 1992, the Congress of the Philippines passed the 1995 AFP Modernization Law that allocates 331 billion Filipino pesos (around $6.62 billion) over 15 years for modernizing the Filipino military. Unfortunately, the law “ran the full length of its implementing period and expired (in December 2011) without any significant progress” in terms of any major arms acquisition for the AFP.[8] Thus, 15 years after the law was passed, the PAF has neither the fighter planes nor a modern radar system. A nationwide air-defense system remains elusive.What the Philippines needs for its own defense, and to be a stronger ally of the U.S., is a 24-hour-a-day capability to patrol its territory and claims from the air, and to put up a credible fight if challenged—a defense capable of deterring Chinese adventurism or aggression off the Philippines’ coast. Such a capability involves assisting the Aquino administration in weaning the PAF from its current task of supporting the Philippine Army’s counterinsurgency operations to assuming its original role as the Philippines’ first line of defense against external threats. Specifically, the PAF needs to develop air-power capabilities, such as intelligence surveillance, maritime patrol, precision-strike capabilities, and radar, command, control, and communication systems.
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