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| An Afghan Mi-35 over Kandahar (Image: Wiki Commons) |
While Moscow and Manila finally started discussing defense cooperation last year, experts reveal that Russia is likely to offer Philippines rotary wing aircraft like the Mi-17 multipurpose helicopters and a few Mi-35 attack helicopters.
Philippine Ambassador to Russia Carlos Sorreta told RBTH that the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) that is now being prepared “is not an agreement that creates a military alliance.”
Sorreta said Manila was looking for “small arms, surveillance drones, rotary wing aircraft and certain naval vessels.”
Meanwhile, Vasily Kashin from the Institute for Far Eastern Studies said the fact that most of the Philippine military equipment was gifted by the U.S. should not be seen as an obstacle.
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