South East Asia Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Well... actually we still do not know what went wrong that caused the ship to burn that badly. In actuality, it might not come to that.
Anyway like what Xigwin had mentioned, the ship was actually a gunboat and so was not design to take a punch like a destroyer or a frigate. I am pretty sure, the main asset of the ship was its 'invisibility' to radar (making it like a small boat in the radar) and so able to get into range fast, strike and get out before things get too hot.
Well... actually we still do not know what went wrong that caused the ship to burn that badly. In actuality, it might not come to that.
Anyway like what Xigwin had mentioned, the ship was actually a gunboat and so was not design to take a punch like a destroyer or a frigate. I am pretty sure, the main asset of the ship was its 'invisibility' to radar (making it like a small boat in the radar) and so able to get into range fast, strike and get out before things get too hot.
Re: ASEAN military news
Hmm... however according to Manila Standard Today, the military had denied sending 800 marines to the disputed islands, and instead only around 77 officers (mostly women) had been deployed.
PH Sends More Troops to Guard Disputed Islands
Agence France Presse
Posted at 09/30/2012 3:43 PM | Updated as of 09/30/2012 3:43 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has deployed 800 more Marines and opened a new headquarters to guard its interests in the disputed Spratlys islands, which China also claims, a senior military official said Sunday.
Hmm... however according to Manila Standard Today, the military had denied sending 800 marines to the disputed islands, and instead only around 77 officers (mostly women) had been deployed.
MwRYum
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Probably they can't cough up that many troops? Or Uncle Sam told them to back off for now?
Probably they can't cough up that many troops? Or Uncle Sam told them to back off for now?
Geographer
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I don't think the Philippines has enough space on all its islands to support 800 people in total, let along 800 more. They have one medium island, Pagasa (I think that's its name), which has a long runway and few dozen houses, and a few small islands.
I don't think the Philippines has enough space on all its islands to support 800 people in total, let along 800 more. They have one medium island, Pagasa (I think that's its name), which has a long runway and few dozen houses, and a few small islands.
Re: ASEAN military news
Here's a video of it:
[video=youtube;pk-SIKhM78w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-SIKhM78w[/video]
Yes, the US learned this lesson on the Stark in the 1980s...and now has forgotten it again with the LCS. I know they hope the speed will help, as well as stealth and EW...but still, a war ship has to assume it is at some point going to take some hits. It has to be designed to do so and not burn to the waterline if it does.
Here's a video of it:
[video=youtube;pk-SIKhM78w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-SIKhM78w[/video]