US Defense Secretary Ash Carter will be coming to the Philippines
This was confirmed by US
"The secretary is (going) to be here toward the end of
the exercise and he’s (going), actually observe a couple of things, he’s very
interested in, what I mentioned earlier about the high mobility rocket system
and how that works and he’s also (going) spend some time out at sea with the US
Navy ships that’s gonna be out there and so and I believe that really his main
purpose here is to come and reaffirm that the relationship that we have with
the Philippines is rock solid, and we’re side-by-side," he added.
The high mobility rocket system is also known as HIMARS, or
the "M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System".
It is a US
Two HIMARS units will participate in the
"Balikatan" exercises.
Each HIMARS platform is worth over USD 5 million and can
carry six rockets or one MGM-140 ATACMS missile on the US Army's new family of
medium tactical vehicles five-ton truck, and can launch the entire multiple
launch rocket system family of munitions.
It is interchangeable with the MLRS M270A1, carrying half
the rocket load. The launcher is C-130 transportable.
"Balikatan 2016" formally opened Monday and will
end on the 15th.
Some 3, 773 Filipino soldiers and 4, 904 US troops take part
in the two-week military maneuvers. (
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=873126
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