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Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« on: October 09, 2016, 06:52:05 am »
08 Oktober 2016



Mil Mi-24/Mi-35 helicopter (photo : Dimitry Labutov)

THE Philippines is set to acquire two helicopters—each worth between $12 million and $17 million—as its initial purchase under a Russian-Philippine military acquisition program.

An insider ad Foreign Affairs Department told the Manila Standard that the Philippines is looking to purchase either two of Mi17 or Mi24 to improve the country’s capability against possible internal and external threats.

“We are looking of purchasing two to four Mi17 or Mi24. This is in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s focus is more on internal security than external,” the source, who asked for anonymity, told the Manila Standard.

Although the Philippines is still window shopping, the source admitted that the Israel government is also pushing for their drones.

The heavily armored Russian helicopters are designed to withstand any kind of weather and are said to be low maintenance.

The choppers are also said to have defensive capabilities against portable surface-to-air attacks.

The source said Russia may offer a huge discounts and extended payment schemes could be arranged.

“It’s all just feelers at the moment. There are no negotiations yet,” the source said.

Recently, Philippine Ambassador to Russia Carlos Sorreta said the Philippines is looking to buy military equipment and technology from Russia.

He said the officials of Federal Service for Military-technical Cooperation (FSMTC) briefed them on the different modes of financing on acquiring militaty equipment or technology.

The ambassador said Philippine defense officials have established the kind of equipment they need for internal defense and counterterrorism, and that they were now canvassing to see if the systems that Manila needs are available from Russia.



Mi-17 helicopter (photo : Piotrek Bozyk)

The Philippines has been unable to procure the weapons it wants “because some countries don’t believe we can use these high-tech systems properly or because of certain country-specific conditionalities,” he said.

The only country so far with the available military technology and the willingness to sell it is Russia.

“They trust that we will use these in accordance with international humanitarian law,” he said.

Aside from the military equipment and technology, Sorreta said, both countries have discussed possible cooperation on training; after-sales service and maintenance; transfer of technology; investment in domestic military production and servicing; and different modes of financing.

The talks with Russia developed after Duterte met with Russian Ambassador Khovaev in Davao City a few days after the May 9 elections.

Khovaev said he was impressed by Duterte during a “very productive” meeting where they discussed how to jump-start Philippine-Russian relations which officially started only in 1976.

Khovaev said that it was “time for Russians to discover the Philippines, and it is time for the Philippines to discover Russia,” adding that strengthened trade cooperation could begin before the end of this year.

The Russian envoy said there is much potential in the two country’s bilateral ties because “there were no disputes and no contradictions.”

http://defense-studies.blogspot.com/2016/10/manila-moscow-near-deal-on-12-m-choppers.html

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2016, 11:46:24 am »
only problem i see is that russian choppers tend to bog down in hot climate...

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2016, 12:32:03 am »
so now were dealing with military arms with russian and chinese countries, kung aan wala pa experience at kakayahan ang ating sandatahan na gamitin....di tulad ng US at Japan na open na tayo sa pagsasanay....

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2016, 10:33:09 am »
that is the gamble of using new equipment wherein our pilots are not yet trained with... don't really know where this is leading to, but it will be disastrous for the country if this goes on and on...

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2016, 01:50:11 pm »
Kaya naman pala ayaw sa US e dahil mas gusto makipag business sa China at Russia. Mas malaki siguro ang kickback.

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2016, 04:51:32 am »
patay tayo dyan....ang manual nakasulat sa chinese....at russian....ha ha ha....

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2016, 10:21:12 am »
hahaha... baka una pa nga ito masira kesa sa mga vietnam war era nating choppers...

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2016, 02:06:38 am »
AFAIK may kasamang training lahat ng equipment na ganyan. kahit yung jet na galing korea.

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2016, 10:49:35 am »
yup... that is correct... just hope this aren't lemons that will keep on bogging down...

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Re: Manila, Moscow Near Deal on $12-m Choppers
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2016, 07:24:25 am »
May kasamang training nya pero hindi naman yan agad agad na matutunan ng mga piloto natin,

Constant training, mag iinvest ng yeara of training before maayos na mapalipad, yung huey nga n bronco may nagcracrash pa rin eh tagal na nating gamit

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