President Rodrigo Roa Duterte must have really made a sincere and true
friendship with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , Japan is pulling all the stops to
help the country in different aspects that really needs upgrading.
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Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana last week
confirmed that Japan has formally offered to country air defense radars, which
if acquired by the Philippines, will definitely be a leapfrog in capability of
the Philipine Air Force (PAF) surveillance and monitoring capabilities.
"Yes, they are offering to us their latest radars. It is one of the
platforms being evaluated by the PAF. To monitor aircrafts and seacrafts
traversing, entering or leaving our territory," Lorenzana said to
reporters.
The Secretary of Defense did not elaborate or gave any specific details
on the air defense radars being offered to the Philippines but foreign media
outfits have speculated it to be the Mitsubish Electric's FP3-3 being
used by Japan Air Self-Defense Force since 1991.
The country under the Revised Armed Forces of the
Philippines Modernization Program (RAFPMP), is scheduled to receive five
more radar systems, which is slated to begin 2018 and end on 2022.
Under the Horizon 2 and Horizon 3, which is scheduled to start 2023 to
2028, the AFP will start to acquire various equipments that will upgrade the country’s
capability with respect to external defense capabilities.
DND has explained that the platforms eyed for acquisition under Horizon
2 and 3 are for multi-role fighters, missile batteries, and diesel
electric submarines and more modern detection and surveillance systems.
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