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The Philippine Government should support local manufacturers by assembling any fighter jets purchased or acquired overseas, whether F-16, F-15 -USA, Grippen -Sweden even SU-30 Russia-fighter jets?Philippine Executive,Philippine Senate and Philippines Congress needs to make a provision that procure, purchase jets needs to be assembled in the Philippines for Job creation and cost effectiveness in maintenance training and cost, two Jet engines at-least and one-two cockpit configuration. Peace
Forget that F-16 or Grippen buy a modern version of mig-29 with caveat that mig-29 (50) order will need to be manufactured in the Philippines with a transfer of technology as of now, Lockheed and SAAB will not transfer the technology of F-16 or Grippen even purchasing 60 fighter jets the USA also purchase mig-29, as an archipelagic country it requires a twin engine jet fighters with one and two seater configuration. The Philippine need to follow Taiwan they designed and built their own version of F-16. Peace
RP government should get 20 jets whether Grippen vs F-16 request the variant with larger wing span than regular F-16 wings with provisions on transfer of maintenance technology. Get a high end 30 drones size of MQ-1 or latest model drones with dual use for the coast guard and military requirements from different branches of the DND) with variant that can carry missiles and bombs, also capable in electronic warfare jammers or communications intrusion. Peace
MRF will come down to the feedback given by Filipino pilots, value, reliability, features, financing, post sale support, and reputation/combat history. Having said this.. the F16 is the obvious choice as Japan, Singapore, Korea, Indonesia have incorporated the F16 variants into their military.. that should tell you something.. its like shopping for a car and you have a choice between toyota or saab.
The Philippines sought alliance with US, Japan, Canada, France, Australia, and other like-minded countries to uphold the rule of law and freedom of navigation in West Philippine Sea. Facing threat of a big navy, militia vessels, ballistic missiles, nuclear warheads, hypersonic missiles, and artificial islands military bases China built on Johnson reef, Fiery Cross reef, Subi reef, and Mischief reef, the US, a co-mutual defense treaty ally should deploy more HIMARS, Typhon missile systems, with tomahawk and hypersonic missiles on Philippine sites to deter/counter China's threat. The Philippines must strengthen its defense capability. The $500 million US military aid will help buy ships, fighter jets, anti-ship missiles, anti-ship drones.
Philippines is undergoing a famine at the moment many are starving. I think the Philippines can better spend tax payers money on feeding the people than on weapons.
This has become pretty comically. It seems every 2-3 months the Philippines finds ways not to make a decision. I really think the Philippines will never decide on either the Gripen or the F-16. And, eventually, will settle on more upgraded FA-50s. It’s really not that hard of a choice. Either the Gripen or the F-16 will be a significant upgrade to their Air Force. I’ve seen comments for months… “The right price…” Well, both are similar in cost. Gripen is cheaper to maintain. F-16 is more numerous and have a large worldwide stockpile of parts. If the Philippines wants to bargain shop then just buy more FA-50s from South Korea. They’ll be able to achieve 70-75% the capabilities provided by the Gripen or the F-16. Better than what they’ve had before.
When we, US tax payers, give Philippines $500 million to help upgrade their military capability, it's prudent to reciprocate by buying US made and also for interoperability with US aircrafts and ease of implementing future upgrades. Utang na loob na nga babayaran mo ng pagbili ng iba. Hindi naman ugali ng Filipino yun.
No doubt, the F16 is a very excellent fighter. However, the Gripen offers the best value-for-money as it has the lowest through-life cost (Program Unit Cost) and Operating Unit Cost. Hence, the Gripen is the more flexible aircraft to own and operate.
