it would be good if sana the Philippines could opt for cheaper souces of military hardware. Understandably dahil sa sanay tayo sa US weapon platforms..why not source our weapons from S. Korea, Singapore, Israel and South Africa where we can get a better value for the small budget we have. I'm sure S. Korea will give us a better deal considering mataas tingin nila sa atin becsue we helped them during the Korean War. Surely Singapore will give a good price for a fellow ASEAN member. Israel and S. Africa will be a better supplier of high quality, high tech weapon systems without the hefty price tag that US and European weapons have.
Never mind Russia, China, India and Pakistan. First, we are not used to former Eastern Block weapon platforms which these counries carry. Secondly, prudence dictates na kahit higante ang Tsina...we might have difficulties with it someday because of conflicting territorial claims. This rules out making them a major arms supplier for our country.