Philippines Looking to Acquire Arms from Czech - Duterte

President Rodrigo Duterte told the new Ambassador of Czech Republic that the Philippines is looking into acquiring small-arms from Czech.

“We are looking into the acquisition of small-arms,” President Rodrigo Duterte said as he welcomed Jana Sediva of the Czech Republic during the presentation of letter of credentials in Malacañang.

Sediva said that she is looking forward to further strengthen bilateral ties based on shared interests and mutual respect.

Thailand Plans to Continue Purchasing Chinese Tanks

The army requires the approval of the cabinet for the purchase of 14 VT-4 battle tanks from China worth more than 2.3 billion baht, an army source said. This will be the third batch of VT-4 tanks purchased from China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited. According to the source, each tank costs about 167 million baht.

The first batch of 28 such tanks was acquired in 2016 at a price of 4.9 billion Baht, and the second batch of 11 tanks, which arrived in 2017, was estimated at 2 billion Baht.

A source in the army purchasing committee said that the army wants to buy more VT-4 because of their satisfactory performance.

According to the source, before the transition to the VT-4, the army tried unsuccessfully to purchase T-84 Oplot-M tanks from the Ukrainian Ukroboronprom because of the unrest caused by the conflict with Russia.

Volume up and enjoy the engines sound such a music 🎶 C5

Volume up and enjoy the engines sound such a music 🎶 C5 pic.twitter.com/OGeSw5B0BR

— Fighter-pictures (@fighterpics) January 15, 2019

Surya Kiran returning to Aero India with nine-aircraft formation

The Indian Air Force’s Surya Kiran aerobatic team will return to Aero India after eight-years with nine-aircraft formation next month.

Spanish frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez arrives in Norfolk for COMPUTEX with CVN 72

Spanish navy frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez arrived in Norfolk on Jan. 14 and the warship will soon join the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) for Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).

Indian Army tank running on frozen Teesta river at 15 thousand ft in north Sikkim along China border

#indianarmy tank running on frozen #Teesta river at 15 thousand ft in north #Sikkim along #China border pic.twitter.com/PKYo2PBJ8D

— Neeraj Rajput (@neeraj_rajput) January 16, 2019

Rogue Pakistan Army gets a Chinese-made 69II medium tank to the Line of control to give cover fire to Islamic terrorists entering India

Amazing welcome haka for Royal Navy HMS MONTROSE from New Zealand navy

Amazing welcome haka for @RoyalNavy @HMS_MONTROSE from @nznavy Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa 🇬🇧🇳🇿 pic.twitter.com/KdSgLX0HZc

— UK in New Zealand (@UKinNZ) January 15, 2019