Stitching together the Front and Back Covers of the Philippine Navy’s (PN) “Rough Deck Log, Vol. No. 89, May 2020” Edition to create this beautiful picture of the BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) Frigate. You can access the PN’s Official Gazette here: Rough Deck Log, Vol. No. 89, May 2020
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A nice article on the BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) Frigate of the Philippine Navy (PN) taken from the “Rough Deck Log, Vol. No. 89, May 2020” Edition of their Official Gazette, you can access it here: Rough Deck Log, Vol. No. 89, May 2020
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The Philippine Navy (PN) will soon be sending Engineers to Fuga Island in Cagayan to determine the best locations for its Naval Detachment and other Facilities.
The Facilities will include a Littoral Monitoring Station (LMS) that ideally should be placed on the highest point of the Island. The LMS will have Radars and Electro-Optical Devices that will allow it to monitor Ships up to 39 km out.
It will also have Radio Equipment for Communications and will be manned by the PN 24/7.
SOURCE:
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1112297
For the first time in its History, there are now more Chinese Companies than American Companies in the Fortune Global 500 List. The Fortune Global 500 is a list of the top 500 Companies in the entire World based on their Yearly Revenues.
124 Chinese Companies made the List while only 121 American Companies are in it. In the Top Ten of the List, three are Chinese Companies (Sinopec, State Grid and China National Petroleum) while only two are American (Walmart and Amazon)
SOURCE: China Overshadows America On Fortune Global 500
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In its “Flight Path Volume IV, July 2020 – The New Normal” Publication released recently, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) outlined plans to integrate the GBU-49 Guided Bomb and equip Pilots with Night Vision Goggles (NVG) of its FA-50PH Fighting Eagle Aircraft.
This will improve the FA-50PH Night Strike Capability. An Assessment Team from the US is set to arrive to determine if the GBU-49 can be integrated into the FA-50PH while the procurement of the NVG will be included on their Budget for next Year (2021).
News 5 says that as per an anonymous Colonel of the Philippine Army (PA), the PA’s Special Forces Regiment is acquiring several dozen heavily armed Boats with Night Vision Equipment to fight the Islamic Militants in Mindanao.
The PA’s plan is to acquire 52 Light Scout Assault Boats, 18 Assault Boats and 8 Support Boats from the United States (US).
The US State Department has already approved their request for acquisition when the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) posted on their Website early this Month (August 2020) the possible acquisition of Boats from the US, but the quantity are different than what is outlined above in the PA’s plan.
Indonesia, who has a Territorial Dispute with China over the Natuna Islands, is one of the few Countries in the World chosen to take part in the Phase 3 Clinical Trials of China’s Vaccine for the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) called the “CoronaVac”.
The Trials will involve 1,620 Indonesian Volunteers and will last around 6 Months. Even if a Vaccine is approved, a Country still needs to do its own local Clinical Trials, but these Phase 3 Trials could serve as their local Clinical Trials also for Indonesia as I understand it, meaning they will be able to use the Vaccine to the Public much sooner than other Countries.
