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A role for seaplanes in the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Saturday , 8, August 2015 AFP modernization, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Navy Leave a commentTweetSeaplanes and flying boats are aircraft with the unique ability to travel to any marine destination, at fixed-wing-aircraft speed, and then land and take-off from water. It is a category of aircraft that is — theoretically — well suited to an archipelagic country like the Philippines. The Philippine Navy’s 15-year development plan calls for the acquisition of eight […]
Promoting your blog at the expense of your sources and operational security
Saturday , 4, July 2015 Uncategorized Leave a commentTweetThe modernization community is very very small. What you choose to reveal about a project can very well betray your source. Details that, in reality, you should not even know in the first place . . . if it were not for the trust that that person placed in your discretion. The deeper you get […]
Strategic Sealift Vessels (SSV) on the way
Sunday , 7, June 2015 Philippine Navy, SSV Leave a commentTweetThe Philippine Navy’s two Strategic Sealift Vessels are now both under construction, with the steel cutting ceremony for the second SSV taking place on the 5th of June. The first vessel had its equivalent ceremony in January and is expected to be launched in November 2015 with full completion by May the following year. The Strategic […]
Defense of the Republic of the Philippines: New Timawa.net Facebook extension
Monday , 4, May 2015 Uncategorized Leave a commentTweetThe following is a new consolidated Facebook extension for the Timawa.net community.
New Facebook page for Philippine Defense Today
Tuesday , 6, January 2015 About this blog Leave a commentTweetAs part of Facebook usage adjustments for 2015, this blog’s companion FB page has moved to the following URL: https://www.facebook.com/adrothph Although the previous FB page remains, it will no longer be updated.
The Timawa Facebook extension experiment is at an end
Wednesday , 24, December 2014 About this blog Leave a commentTweetNote: This is also posted on the Timawa.net forum here. In an effort to broaden the community’s reach I experimented with the creation of Facebook extension for select Timawa topics for the following functions: 1. Focus laser-like attention on specific areas of concern, and to both promote discussion on them as well as to gather useful […]
2014: What’s happening with the AFP modernization program
Sunday , 21, December 2014 AFP modernization 1 CommentTweetNote: This article is also available on the Timawa.net forum on the long standing What’s happening with the AFP modernization thread that’s been documenting the progress of the up-arming effort since 2003. —– The year 2014 continues the dramatic increase in defense acquisition efforts that started in 2010. Many of those efforts, however, remain unrealized as of […]
SRDP opportunity to develop jammers for China’s GPS?
Wednesday , 12, November 2014 Self-Reliant Defense Posture Leave a commentTweetMost modern smart munitions use a combination of GPS and Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) to achieve their phenomenal accuracy. Loss of one option, therefore, doesn’t completely negate the “smartness” of the weapon. Both, however, are needed to work as advertised. Of the two options, the GPS component is most vulnerable to outside interference because it […]
Timeline: Pag-asa Island sheltered port project (Updated October 2014)
Wednesday , 8, October 2014 #pagasaKIG Leave a commentTweetUpdate to this article This article has been updated to include Secretary Voltaire Gazmin’s statement about putting all national government funded improvements on Pag-asa Island in abbeyance. To date, no significant progress has been made towards construction of this port. This is stark contrast to China’s own efforts on Johnson and Gavin reefs. #pagasaKIG Photo of Chinese […]
Licensed manufacture: The key to survival for SRDP companies?
Sunday , 13, July 2014 Self-Reliant Defense Posture Leave a commentTweetIn the wake of efforts by the Senate Committee on National Defense to amend Section 53 of the Government Procurement Reform Act to give the President the power to negotiate modernization-related acquisitions (see here), supporters of local defense industry players sought to campaign the Office of the President to use that power to instruct the DND […]