Stop-gap measure: PH signs $700-M deal with South Korea for a squadron of FA-50s
The Philippines has signed a $700-million deal with the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) for 12 FA-50 aircraft to boost the country’s air defense capability.
Do we urgently need the expensive F-16s?
The Philippines would be heavily burdened by paying back loans to acquire $5.6 billion worth of F-16s, making Manila more dependent on Washington.
Sandy Cay takeover
China’s state-owned and controlled media posted a news story and photo, where it seized control of an uninhabited feature in the South China Sea, a clear violation of the 2002 informal code of conduct it agreed to with the 10 Southeast Asian Nations.
Philippines prepares for armed drones, missile attacks
In the future, the Philippines and its oldest security ally, the United States, will stop holding large-scale joint and combined exercises to test their operational readiness.
The price of deterrence
Chinese Coast Guard vessels’ actions in the West Philippine Sea are getting bolder and more irritating, as they sailed close to Zambales, Pangasinan, and up to the La Union coasts in the country’s western seaboard.
