Indonesia receives 1.2 million doses of China’s Covid-19 Vaccine

Indonesia just received 1.2 million doses of Vaccines for the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) from China. The Vaccine is called CoronaVac and is made by the Chinese Company Sinovac Biotech Ltd. 

Indonesia is expected to start vaccinating its Citizens by next Month (January 2021). They are also expected to receive another 1.8 million doses of the CoronaVac in that same Month. 

Remember when Joko Widodo was the Dilawan Sections of the Press’ Poster Boy for “Standing Up to China”? Well this goes so much against that most of them refuse to even Print it, leaving their Dilawan Readers very much in the dark about it. 

US donates Usd 29.3 million of Military Equipment to the Philippines

The United States (US) has just donated Usd 29.3 million (Php 1.38 billion at the Exchange Rate of Usd 1 = Php 47.1) worth of Military Equipment to the Philippines which includes Sniper Rifles, Helmets, Bomb Suits, Metal Detectors and Scopes. 

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One thing you will notice is that this donation is bigger than the ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) donation they made to the Philippine Navy (PN) last November 25, 2020 which was worth only around Usd 14.79 million. 

It is also bigger than the donation of Precision Guided Munitions (PGM) to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) they did last November 23, 2020 which was worth only Usd 18 million. 

S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter Updates - Dec. 8, 2020

An S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Photo by the PAF

Just some updates about the acquisition of the S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF):

* The Acceptance and Blessing of the first 6 S-70i units that arrived last Month (November 2020) will be made on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at the Clark Airport in Pampanga.

BRP Antonio Luna Frigate Status Update – Dec. 7, 2020

The BRP Antonio Luna photo during its launch, Photo is from the News Tomato Website

The Philippine Navy (PN) recently gave a Status Update of their BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) Frigate recently, and these are:

* The Ship had completed and passed its first Sea Acceptance Trial which was done last November 30 to December 1, 2020. 

The USS Bonhomme Richard which visited the Philippines in 2018 is going to be scrapped

The USS Bonhomme Richard in Manila Bay back in 2018. Photo by me

The United States Navy (USN) has decided to just scrap its 40,000 ton USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) Vessel since repairing it would be too expensive and time consuming. 

It was estimated that repairing the Vessel will cost Usd 3.2 billion and would take 5-7 Years to complete. It caught fire in July 2020 while docked in San Diego, California, making 60% of it unusable. 

How Azerbaijan just won a War mainly using Drones

I think the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War (NKW) will be talked about for a long time, mainly because how Azerbaijan won it by basically using its armed Drones. 

Drones have been around for a long time, but in the recent Wars they have been used together with manned Aircraft. But in the 2020 NKW, it was at the forefront of winning the War.

BrahMos Acquisition Update – Nov. 30, 2020

A BrahMos Missile and its Launch Container, Photo from Wikimedia Commons

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana stated another update a couple of Days ago about the Philippines plan to acquire the PJ-10 BrahMos Missile from India, more details were given this time than the last time he was quoted by the Press about the issue (around November 24, 2020):

* He said that the Department of National Defense (DND) was really eager to buy the Missile, but that they lost the Funds allocated for it to the fight against the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Pandemic.