Wednesday, January 25, 2017

PHL to acquire specialized equipment from Russia

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 26): PHL to acquire specialized equipment from Russia

Instead of assault rifles, the Philippines is interested in acquiring specialized military equipment from Russia.

Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, in a press conference Thursday said the Armed Forces of the Philippines has scant need of new rifles as it has recently acquired an estimated 50,000 units of the brandnew Remington M-4 carbine thus, the AFP has pulled out from all its field units the older M-16 automatic rifles which are now stored at its various armories.

Lorenzana said these weapons can be given to reserve military and militia units if needed.

What the DND plans to acquire from Russia are sniper rifles and unmanned aerial vehicles, he added.

Earlier, Russian diplomats and military representatives have offered to sell the Philippines naval vessels, aircraft, helicopters and even diesel electric submarines.

Lorenzana said they are still evaluating these offers to determine whether the country is capable of using, maintaining and operating these equipment in the long term.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=958388

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