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Philippines interested in F-16s
April 12, 1999 (by
Lieven Dewitte) -
The Philippines announced on Tuesday they have set up an initial fund of six billion pesos ($156 million) to finance the start of their long-delayed military modernization program and were accepting offers from foreign suppliers.
The Philippines' 115, 000-strong military, one of the weakest in Asia, includes an air force with half a dozen Vietnam War-era fighter planes, a navy of 40-year-old ships and a radar facility that covers only one-tenth of the country.
The military has said it is interested in "slightly used'' fighter jets such as the U.S. -made F-16s and F-18s and the Russian-made MIG-29s. Congress has authorized 50 billion pesos ($1.3 billion) to modernize the military over five years but the economic crisis has forced the country to start humbly.
The military has said it is interested in "slightly used'' fighter jets such as the U.S. -made F-16s and F-18s and the Russian-made MIG-29s. Congress has authorized 50 billion pesos ($1.3 billion) to modernize the military over five years but the economic crisis has forced the country to start humbly.
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