AFP Modernization News Roundup, January 12, 2022

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January 13, 2022: No delivery confirmation yet for the T129B ATAK Helicopters, Cardom Mortar Carriers and Tank Gunnery Simulator delivered

Remembering the City of Wuxi in China

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I was lucky enough to spend some time in the City of Wuxi in China for a couple of Years as part of my Job back then. It was mostly work, but I also had some good Adventures and Misadventures there. 

Now over a couple of Decades later it is almost unrecognizable, the only thing that sort of looks familiar to me is that Radisson Hotel, and I am not even sure if its still the same one. 

AFP Modernization News Roundup, January 9, 2022

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January 10, 2022: Updates on the acquisition of more Black Hawk Helicopters, and on the deliveries of the Sabrah ASCOD Light Tank, T129B ATAK Helicopter and Soltam ATMOS Self-Propelled Howitzers (SPH)

Is the Philippine Gov't just highlighting TAI's inability to deliver the T129B ATAK Helicopters?

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February 27, 2022: News from Turkey said that the first two T129 ATAK Helicopters for the Philippines will arrive within this Month of February 2022. I got tired of including News like these on my Videos, hence I am just posting it here now

Contracts for the Black Hawk Helicopters, OPVs and Shore-based Missiles could be signed soon

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February 2, 2022: The entire Month of January 2022 has passed, but no announcements yet by the Department of National Defense (DND) that the Contracts for more S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters and the acquisition of the Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) had been signed. They had earlier planned to have the Contracts for both to be signed within that Month

China's Military and Economic Might, 2021

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December 29, 2021: China’s Beijing-3 Satellite reportedly has a resolution of 0.5 meter per Pixel and can capture an Area of 3,807 square Kilometers in just 42 seconds

SOURCE: China's small Beijing-3 Satellite can take High-Resolution Images of US Cities within Seconds, a speed its American Counterparts can't match, Scientists say {Archived Link}

December 29, 2021: China is supplying or has supplied 8 Type 039B Yuan class Submarines to Pakistan, 3 Type 035 Ming class Submarine to Bangladesh, 1 S-26T Yuan class Submarine to Thailand and 1 Type 035 Ming class Submarine to Myanmar

SOURCE: China’s surprise Submarine move shows its growing Power {Archived Link}

New Corvettes of the Philippine Navy to be equipped with AESA Radar and armed with Mica Missiles

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January 7, 2022: A Computer Generated Image (CGI) of the Philippine Navy’s new Corvette which will be made by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). It will be armed with Vertical Launch (VL) Mica Surface to Air Missiles (SAM) and equipped with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar.