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US deploys Patriot missile system to Philippines: Report
Patriot stationed in Cagayan province facing south of Taiwan as US-Philippines continue 'largest-ever' joint military drill across Luzon island
Riyaz ul Khaliq |04.04.2022
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The US has deployed a Patriot surface-to-air missile defense system to the Philippines, a media report said on Monday.
It is the “first time as part of annual joint war games,” the Filipino daily Inquirer reported.
The Patriot missile system has been deployed in Aparri in the Cagayan province, which is located in the northern Philippines facing south of Taiwan, it said.
F16 Jet fighters to the Philippines
The Philippines – F-16 Block 70/72 Aircraft | Defense Security Cooperation Agency (dsca.mil)
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2021 -
The Government of the Philippines has requested to buy ten (10) F-16C Block 70/72 aircraft; two (2) F-16D Block 70/72 aircraft; fifteen (15) F100-PW-229EEP engines or F110-GE-129D engines; fifteen (15) Improved Programmable Display Generators (iPDG); fifteen (15) AN/APG-83 Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radars (SABR); fifteen (15) Modular Mission Computers 7000AH; fifteen (15) LN-260 Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) with SAASM and PPS; twenty-four (24) Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) AIM-120C-7/C-8 or equivalent; one (1) AIM-120 Guidance Section; forty-eight (48) LAU-129 missile launchers; three (3) KMU-572 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) tail kits; six (6) Mk-82 500lb bombs; six (6) Mk-82 500lb Inert training bombs; six (6) FMU-152 or FMU-139 fuzes; six (6) Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) or Litening ATP; fifteen (15) Multifunctional Information Display System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS-JTRS) aircraft terminals, and; fifteen (15) M61A1 Vulcan Anti-Aircraft 20mm guns. Also included are AN/ARC-238 radios; Advanced Identification Friend or Foe with Combined Interrogator Transponder and Mode 5; Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems II (JHMCS II) or Scorpion Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tacker (HObIT); Integrated Electronic Warfare Suite; Electronic Combat International Security Assistance Program (ECISAP) support; AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispenser Systems (CMDS); Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS) or equivalent; AIM-120 CATM; LAU-118 launchers with Advanced Launcher Interface Computer (ALIC); LAU-117 missile launchers; DSU-38 Precision Laser Guided Sensor for LJDAM; Harpoon interface adapter kits; PGU-28 High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) ammunition; PGU-27 ammunition training rounds (non HEI); Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/PAD); ARD-446 impulse cartridges; ARD-863 impulse cartridges; BBU-36/B impulse cartridges; BBU-35/B impulse cartridges; MK-124 smoke flares; MJU-7/B Flare Cartridge L463; BRU‐61 Bomb Racks; BRU‐57 bomb racks; MAU‐12 bomb racks and TER‐9A triple ejection racks; weapons support, test equipment, and missile containers; chaff and flare; Night Vision Devices (NVD) and support equipment and spares; secure communications; cryptographic equipment; aircraft and personnel support and test equipment; integration and test; weapons, ammunition, pylons, launcher adaptors, weapons interfaces, fuel tanks, and attached hardware; travel pods, precision measurement equipment laboratory, calibration, and simulators; spare and repair parts, repair and return services; maps, publications, and technical documentation; studies and surveys; classified / unclassified software and software support; personnel training and training equipment; facilities and facility management, design and/or construction services; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support. The estimated total cost is $2.43 billion.
Manila will consider the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 fighter for its long-running multi-role fighter (MRF) competition, as it also eyes an additional 12 FA-50PH light attack jets.
In remarks to local media, Philippine Air Force (PAF) colonel Maynard Mariano says that Manila is monitoring progress with the twin-engined KF-21 Boramae, which had its first flight on 19 July.
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The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) and the Philippine Army (PA) conducted capability enhancement trainings while utilizing their modern equipment in Ilocos Norte and Taguig City recently.
Philippine Marine Corps personnel conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rapid infiltration (HIRAIN) drill with personnel from the United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC) at the Laoag International Airport in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on June 8, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Marine Corps)
Maj. Emery Torre, PMC spokesperson, said Filipino marines engaged in a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rapid infiltration (HIRAIN) drill with personnel from the United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC) at the Laoag International Airport in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte last June 8.
PH Marines, Army hold HIMARS, CSSR training – Manila Bulletin (mb.com.ph)
Philippine Air Force to receive Israeli-made Spyder air defense missile launchers by late 2022
As reported by Priam Nepomuceno from Philippine News Agency, the Philippine Air Force on July 5 announced that the first two of three Spyder air defense missile systems will be delivered by the last quarter of this year: "The Spyder Philippines Air Defense System is very much on time, delivery will be earlier than scheduled (January 2023), it will be in the country by end of November to the first week of December. The project is for three batteries, the first delivery will be two batteries", Air Force spokesperson Col. Maynard Mariano said in a message to the Philippine News Agency Tuesday. A battery consists of three or more missile launchers.
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Spyder MR air defense system (Picture source: Army Recognition)
Mariano added that the last Spyder battery will be delivered along with a missile maintenance facility which will be built in the Philippines, giving military personnel the capability to maintain the weapon system: "We have upgraded the program. The last battery will be delivered with a missile maintenance facility to be built in the country at no expense to the government. There will be a technology transfer that goes with this and it will make us capable of maintaining missile systems and will greatly help in the sustainment of the program," Mariano said.
The first Spyder Philippines Air Defense Systems (SPAD) simulator was delivered to the training center last April 26. The facility is located at the Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga. The simulator training center aims to develop three different capabilities: detection through radar, command, and control, and missile firing.
Spyder SR air defense system (Picture source: Wikipedia)
Spyder air defense system
The Spyder ("Surface-to-air Python and Derby") is a short and medium-range mobile air defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems with assistance from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Rafael is the prime contractor and IAI is the major subcontractor for the Spyder program. This system achieved a notable milestone in 2005 when missiles were fired against test targets in Shdema, Israel and scored direct hits. Since then, it has been showcased in multiple military exhibitions throughout the world.
The Spyder is a low-level, quick-reaction surface-to-air missile system capable of engaging aircraft, helicopters, unmanned air vehicles, drones, and precision-guided munitions. It provides air defense for fixed assets and for point and area defense for mobile forces in combat areas. The system is fitted atop a Tatra truck, a Mercedes-Benz Actros truck, a MAN TGS truck, a Scania P-series truck, a Dongfeng truck, or a TELAR. It implements the Python-5 and Derby missiles of the same company. The Spyder launcher is designed to fire Python-5 and Derby surface-to-air missiles which share full commonality with the air-to-air missiles. There are two variants of the Spyder: the Spyder-SR (short-range) and the Spyder-MR (medium range). Both systems are quick reaction, all-weather, network-centric, multi-launchers, and self-propelled. A typical battery consists of a central command and control unit, six missile firing units, and a resupply vehicle. The Spyder-SR uses the EL/M-2106 ATAR radar while the Spyder-MR incorporates the EL/M-2084 MMR radar. The latter is the same radar used by the Iron Dome system currently in service with the Israel Defense Forces.
