The Philippine government is likely to buy Swedish-made Gripen multirole supersonic fighters for its air force, the Philippine News Agency reports.
Apart from being cheaper to purchase and less expensive to maintain, Gripen has also proved to be an excellent fighter aircraft, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told the news agency in an exclusive interview this week.
The Philippine Air Force has been looking for more than a decade for what aircraft it would buy to replace its US-made F5A/B jet interceptors that retired in 2005 because of old age and lack of spare parts. Since the F-5s were put out of service, the Philippine Air Force has had no multirole jet fighters and although it has bought a dozen F-50 jets from South Korea, the capability of those planes is limited compared with the Gripen.
If the deal goes through, the Philippines would be the second Southeast Asian country to acquire Gripens. The Royal Thai Air Force has purchased a dozen Gripens from the Swedish aerospace company Saab. Apart from being part of the Swedish Air Force’s arsenal, Gripen is also used in the air forces of South Africa, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
A potential problem for the Philippines would be Sweden’s strict laws on the export of military materiel, which limit sales to countries where human rights are severely under threat. Seen in that context, the Philippine government could encounter obstacles because of its brutal “war on drugs,” which has claimed thousands of lives.
A United Nations report released last month also names the Philippines among the counties whose governments subject human-rights defenders and activists to “an alarming and shameful level of harsh reprisals and intimidation.”
It’s more propaganda by anti. Their is no yet plan for gripen jet ???? more navy asset pa inuuna atyaka mga attack and Utility helicopter hehehe imagination ng ilan Gripen daw
It’s more propaganda by anti. Their is no yet plan for gripen jet ???? more navy asset pa inuuna atyaka mga attack and Utility helicopter hehehe imagination ng ilan Gripen daw
Just a little noise about human rights and this deal is garbage. Let Sweden try. Russia will more than willing to supply those jets. ????
Just a little noise about human rights and this deal is garbage. Let Sweden try. Russia will more than willing to supply those jets. ????
What the f,its about the purchasing of gripen fighter jets,why is that they always emphasized the human rights violation..this is full of shit news..to sweden people come and visit philippines so that you could learn more about us not from this hoax news,spreading like a wild fire..know the teuth 1st..DU30????????
What the f,its about the purchasing of gripen fighter jets,why is that they always emphasized the human rights violation..this is full of shit news..to sweden people come and visit philippines so that you could learn more about us not from this hoax news,spreading like a wild fire..know the teuth 1st..DU30????????
Crap…just like Canada if said to be true
Crap…just like Canada if said to be true
Yet you see alot of military hardware sold and use by rebels, terrorist and war torn country in middle east and africa.maybe they are excepted from HR
Yet you see alot of military hardware sold and use by rebels, terrorist and war torn country in middle east and africa.maybe they are excepted from HR
Ok…wtf…so it means because this weapon will be used against what??? A street level punk ass cumbag??..really?? Its like using a bomb to kill a fly?…the punk ass scumbag that i know where this weapon is intended to be used are for the isis scums, asg, and npa…yup they’re Terrorist!
Ok…wtf…so it means because this weapon will be used against what??? A street level punk ass cumbag??..really?? Its like using a bomb to kill a fly?…the punk ass scumbag that i know where this weapon is intended to be used are for the isis scums, asg, and npa…yup they’re Terrorist!
John Pd the whole article is about the oast paragraph
John Pd the whole article is about the oast paragraph