South Korea gives trucks to Philippine military

[mazdamazda]

South Korea gives trucks to Philippine military
THE PHILIPPINE STAR
04/11 4:21:35 PM

MANILA (AFP) - South Korea on Wednesday turned over 134 trucks and bulldozers to the poorly equipped Philippine military, highlighting close defence ties between the two countries.

The 127 cargo and dump trucks and seven bulldozers were provided to the Philippines as a grant with Manila paying "token" transport costs of about 72,000 dollars, said military chief General Hermogenes Esperon.

In a ceremony at the Philippine military headquarters in Manila, Esperon told South Korean ambassador Jong Ki Hong that "relations between the two nations defence establishments and armed forces have grown stronger."

The Philippines was one of the nations that provided troops to defend South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean war.

The Philippine military is still battling communist insurgents and Muslim extremists in the hinterlands.

thanks to our South Korean brothers... :clap:

[Bogeyman]

Meron ba silang surplus fighter jets? Nakakaawa na talaga ang PAF eh. :D

[niky]

Hingi kaya tayo sa Taiwan?

Good news indeed... our Army's truck fleet is starting to look kinda pathetic.

[orly_andico]

Meron ba silang surplus fighter jets? Nakakaawa na talaga ang PAF eh. :D

The last 2 or 3 F-5A fighters in the PAF were acquired from South Korea in the mid-1990's for the tumataginting sum of $1 each.

Unfortunately all of the F-5's have been decommissioned because maintaining them is too expensive.

I wonder what the Koreans are thinking... they donate TRUCKS. Parang yung number of trucks na yun isang construction company lang yun sa Korea.

We so poor!

[number001]

If one were to look at the act of the S.Korean's donation pessimistically, it looks as if we solved their problems by accepting junks which they have to spend money on if they were to scrap them.

I wonder if those trucks will pass the emissions testing at LTO.

[1D4LV]

Daewoo, Hyundai o Kia?
pero i agree with number001 position. mostly, military surplus equipments naman ang tinatanggap natin sa other countries eh. its because, for them, they are either obsolete or very expensive to maintain, and that by replacing them, it would be much cheaper.

[mbeige]

Why did it take 50 years for S. Korea to return the favor? It does not look well-appreciated, parang tinatambakan lang tayo ng used junk equipment like others here have pointed out.

The country is basically defenseless, since it cannot even maintain its own military and air space and it has to accept donations from others just to have a constant supply of usable vehicles!

[oldblue]

If one were to look at the act of the S.Korean's donation pessimistically, it looks as if we solved their problems by accepting junks which they have to spend money on if they were to scrap them.

I wonder if those trucks will pass the emissions testing at LTO.

trucks and bulldozers as junks? are you kidding?

bigay nila sa'kin yan papakitain ko yan. mahal magpa-rent ng bulldozer ah even so trucks. kahit $2 each bibilin ko hehehe

[orly_andico]

According to a friend whose dad was In The Navy (YMCA!) the US government was even responsible for paying the Navy's fuel bills. The rent on those US bases, pegged at ~$1.5 Billion a year back then, wasn't the only form of aid the US provided.

As for M2.. I have to disagree regarding the taxes. While it is true that the vast majority of people evade taxes, the fact is that most of the taxes that DO get paid (me included, being a salaried employee I've been paying correct taxes my entire professional life) are stolen anyway, is sickening.

I think what tax evaders say is, 70% of what I pay will get stolen anyway, so..

[Bogeyman]

We so poor!

Indeed. We are so poor, we can't even manufacture our own needles and safety pins; they have to be imported from China.