Philippines may buy fighters jets other than US

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The Philippines is looking at arming itself for the first time with dedicated fighter jets made outside of the United States, President Benigno Aquino said Wednesday amid a territorial dispute with China.

The Philippines last month requested aircraft, patrol boats and radar systems from its US military ally to help it achieve what the government said would be a "minimum credible defence".

Aquino said that his government had asked to buy second-hand F-16s from the United States, but their maintenance costs could end up being too high because of their age.

"We might end up spending $400 million or $800 million per squadron, and we were thinking of getting two squadrons," he said in an interview with Manila's Bombo Radio.

"We do have an alternative, and -- this is a surprise -- it seems we have the capacity to buy brand-new, but not from America," Aquino said, without mentioning the aircraft model.

"These are manufactured by another progressive country that I won't name at this point."

Aquino noted that Manila had retired its last fighter jet, a Korean War-vintage F-5, in 2005. It does continue to fly S211 trainer jets made by the Italian firm Marchetti, which are sometimes used as ground attack aircraft against various insurgencies.

But along with the F-5, the Philippines had previously relied on obsolete US hand-me-downs including the T-33 and the P-51 Mustang as dedicated attack fighters, and the country now has no effective air defences.

It is engaged in a tense maritime standoff with China over the disputed Scarborough Shoal and surrounding waters in the South China Sea. Both nations have stationed vessels there for over a month to assert their sovereignty.

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For performance, avionics, agility, multi-role ability, weapons, stealth here are the best fighter jets to consider:

US Lightning II F-35 still under development
US Raptor F-22
US F-16 Fighting Falcon (last F-16 delivered to USAF was March 18, 2005)
US F-15 Eagle (will be in use till 2025, used by Israel, Japan and Saudi Arabia)
US Navy Super Hornet F/A 18 E/F
Eurofighter (UK Italy Spain Germany) Typhoon
France Dassault Rafale
Russian Navy Sukhoi SU-33
Russia Sukhoi SU-30
Russia Sukhoi SU-35
Sweden SAAB JAS-39 Gripen

Look at the overall picture and weapon capabilities.

[uls]

presyo?

and where's the money?

[Ry_Tower]

Hindi kaya ng peraa natin yan tapos may maintenance pa. Huwag na atupagin mag-armas para sa spratly's, hindi naman tayo mananalo doon. Kahit helicopters and transport planes na lang since mas may pakinabang yun at mura.

[Syuryuken]

sa China siguro bibili mura dun aircraft

[timrev]

siguro ok na yun at least meron hehehe..probably they'll buy russian mas mura... china sa tingin ko hind
kaya yan paliparin ng airforce natin magaling ata ang pinoy!

[uls]

bili nalang ng Cessna kabitan ng machine gun

2 crew -- 1 pilot and 1 tao mag-ma-machine gun or may hawak na portable rocket launcher

or pwede mag hulog ng bomba manually

[Monseratto]

^^^Non-US two seat supersonic multirole fighter/trainer... Rafale, Typhoon, Su-30 and Grippen. Maraming political strings attached kasi pag US-made. even anything with American technology. SU-30 best bet since 3 ASEAN member countries have them and can source parts from CHINA other than Russia. Pang bayad, yung mga saging ayaw bilhin ng mga tsino...

[timrev]

Non-US two seat fighter/trainer with multirole... Rafale, Typhoon, Su-30 and Grippen. SU-30 best bet since 3 ASEAN countries have them and can source parts from CHINA. Pang bayad, yung mga saging ayaw bilhin ng mga tsino...

kaya nga ang ipambili nalang natin yun mga prutas natin hahaha billion of tons siguro ang halaga
3hectars namin maisan gawin nalang namin sagingan achecheche

[uls]

ang pambayad magbebenta ng bonds

tapos increase taxes para may pambayad sa bonds

hehe