I was awed to see how big the supersonic F-8 Crusader (speed Mach 1.8 ) when I saw it recently displayed at the Clark Air Base’s museum in Pampanga when I dropped by there to interview the South Korean representative of the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 multi-role fighter (speed Mach 1.8). The Crusader was much bigger than the needle nosed U.S made Northrop F-5 A/B and the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star displayed nearby.
After the South Vietnamese forces took our island Pugad (Southwest Cay) in the Spratly (Kalayaan) in 1979 and the threat of the Mainland Chinese to take any of our remaining 10 islets and shoals there, President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. in 1977 bought 35 – where 25 were refurbished and 10 were used for spare parts - F-8 Crusader night fighting jets in the United States at US $11.7 million (U.S $23 million if it included the training of 18 Pinoy pilots and maintenance personnel sent to the Vought Corporation in Dallas, Texas) and deployed them in the Antonio Bautista Air Base in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. They flew continuous air reconnaissance and patrol flights over the disputed islands.
The presence of the day and night fighting Crusaders – superior fighters than our country’s squadrons of the day jets F-5 A/B - assured air superiority for the Philippine military forces against the Chinese and the Vietnamese in the 1980s in the Spratly. It deterred them in confronting the Philippines during that time despite bloody battles that ensued between the Chinese and Vietnamese in the nearby Paracel Island.
Crusader fighter pilots intercepted too many Soviet bombers which over-flew the northwestern area of the country.
Fast climbing and maneuverable than the F-5s, the F-8s gained fame in the Vietnam War when U.S naval pilots from the carriers destroyed 19 Vietnamese Soviet made MIGs 17 and 21 jets in air-to-air combat and only lost three in turn. It was called the Migs' Killer as it destroyed to smithereens more Migs than the vaunted U.S F4 Phantoms in the Vietnam War the U.S lost to communist North Vietnam and Vietcongs
The F-8, used to be armed with four .50 caliber machine guns on both sides of her fuselage after first production in 1955, was the last plane to use four 20 mm autocannons on the same places of the fuselage.
It was called the "Last Gunslinger" after it was superseded by heat seeking fired missiles by its successors like the F-16, F-14, F-15 to name a few.
The other armament of the F-8, according to Wikipedia and which had been specified by the US Navy, consisted with 32 unguided Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket (Mighty Mouse FFARs) and cheek pylons for two guided AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.
Due to a lack of spares and the rapid deterioration of the aircraft, the remaining Crusaders were grounded in 1988 by the Philippine Air Force and left on an open grass field at Basa Air Base, Pampanga. They were finally withdrawn in 1991 after they were badly damaged by the Mount Pinatubo eruption and offered for sale as scrap. Some of the inoperational airframes were refurbished for use as props in the 2000 flick’s Thirteen Days, a dramatization of the Cuban Missile Crisis, that depicted the real-life U.S RF-8As involved in the low-level photo reconnaissance missions that took pictures of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
The May 2025
senatorial election is more than 14 months away from now. If one is determined
to win one of the 12 post available as the top lawmakers of the country, it is
time to campaign this early.
But early
campaigning is not the silver bullet that catapults the candidate to victory
with the votes of the the hoi-polloi, it needs the power of dough – hundreds of
millions if not billions of pesos mostly for the expensive television ads – to win the hearts and minds of the electorates who
lived as far as the boondocks.
SENATORIAL WANNABES (from left to right front row) retired Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin, disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon, and former President Gloria M. Arroyo who graced the Barangay Night of Mangaldan, Pangasinan. The bourgeoning and one of the richest municipalities in the province celebrates its Pindang Fiesta. Other in the photo are Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno, Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Christopher de Venecia, Vice Governor Mark Lambino and spouse Lawyer Melanie. (Photo by PIO -Mangaldan)
30 seconds TV
ads cost more or less P500, 000 at the boobtube’s leader GMA-7
TV.
2022 election Senatorial
bets Alan Peter Cayetano, Win Gatchalian, Mark Villar, and Joel Villanueva soared
in the Top 10 of those who would win the electoral derby on the date of the
survey by spending P1 billion each on ads a year before the election.
A billion of pesos, susmariosep!, to a post that gives P300,
000 a month or P23.4 million as salary in a six years term.
I asked Senator
Grace Poe in the 2019 election: “Congressmen buy votes to win, a senator
buys television ads to be victorious. Mostly consistent kayong No. 1 sa poll,
ilan ang TV ads ninyo sa major televisions’ GMA-7 and ABS-CBN?”
“Maramirami rin.
Ah, hindi naman ganoon karami katulad ng iba pero ang importante kasi sa lawak
ng Pilipinas hindi maabot mo ang lahat ng mga bumoboto. E paniwalaan natin o
hindi lahat naman ng nanood ng television kahit ano ang mangyari kahit pilitin
sarili mo sa lahat ng pupuntan lahat ng liblib,” she told me.
She’ll be ending her six years’ term on June 30 next year as Senator and folks in
Pangasinan are watching if she would transfer here her residence before May 12,
2025 poll to comply with the constitutional requirement of a one-year residency
before she challenges incumbent 3rd District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas.
At the recent
Barangays (Villages) Night of the fiesta of Mangaldan, Pangasinan I saw former
President and incumbent Pampanga Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo joining
one of the shindigs being celebrated by the local government. This event – where
roasted calves and hogs and drums of beers adorned the ostentatious party as
seen on other towns – is seen by wannabe senatorial candidates as opportunity to
hype themselves with the people.
Arroyo was accompanied
by would be candidates disbarred lawyer Larry “Mga bobo kayo put*ng ina mo” Gadon, Ariel
Querubin, and a young man - a partylist official and bet - that I was not familiar with as I saw them at the
town’s Facebook Page Public Information Office. Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno
allowed these wannabes to give their encomium to ingratiate with the masa in
their festivity.
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I couldn’t just
imagine that La Presidenta Gloria de Excelsis and the bemedaled retired Marine Colonel
Querubin- a former member of the leftist student group Samahang
Demokratiko ng Kabataan - would be rubbing elbow with each other on
every soiree and fiesta they whistle stop all over the country.
In February 26, 2006
Querubin and a throng of Marines launched a stand-off at their barracks after Arroyo
relieved Major General Renato Miranda, the Philippine Marine Corps Commandant,
who was suspected to be part of a looming coup d'état against her.Many in the military then detested her for abetting
corruption, favoritism among the brass, and rigging the votes against her May
2004 presidential opponent actor Fernando Poe, Jr. – the father of Grace Poe.
Querubin was
released from the slammer after President Benigno Aquino, III – who eventually
threw Arroyo to the brig -- granted amnesty to soldiers who were linked to the
2003 Oakwood Mutiny, the 2006 Fort Bonifacio standoff and the 2007 Manila Peninsula Siege.
Many Filipinos could
not forget the somber faced La Gloria telling them on national TV: “I AM SORRY”.
The cheating accusation
against her centered on the audio recordings in which she told then Commission
on Elections Chief Virgilio Garcillano (son of a gun, a fellow Pangasinense!)
to secure for her a million-vote margin in the May 2004 ballot. Garciano
checkered pasts involved his alleged vote-rigging stunt in the 1995 ‘dagdag-bawas’
senatorial race.
Now both Arroyo -
who became a nine years’ termed president – after the military toppled down President
Joseph Estrada 2001 and ushered her succession as the then vice president - and the idealistic Querubin - become a strange
bedfellow.
Politics, by golly,
is full of paradoxes. It is a game of convenience for those with vested
interest unmindful about the propriety of their actions that they were once nemesis flailing on each other's throat.
Diyos
ko! Parang si Boy Tapang at Cherrie White lang.
CLARK, Philippines –
A business executive of the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) said their KF-21 (Boramae
or known too as KF-X) is a candidate for the Philippines needs of a
multirole combat jets.
Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 multirole
fighter jet with its smaller drones used for electronic intelligence (ELINT),
Electronic Warfare (EW), optical reconnaissance, and anti-radar purposes. (Eurasiantimes.com)
“Actually, Philippines armed forces interest
of getting the multiple-role fighter jet in the near future and I heard KF-21
can be considered as one of the candidates,” disclosed to this writer by Hyaonjin Ha, the International Business
Development for Asia Executive of KAI, at its booth that displayed a model of
the homegrown KF-21 in the Haribon Hangar here. The booth is one of the several
booths brought by Korean arms and technology manufacturers during the recent Korea
Air Force staged three-day air shows to mark the 75 years of diplomatic relations
between the Philippines and South Korea.
The two-engine KF-21
Block-2 will compete with the U.S made General Dynamic-Lockheed Martin's F-16
Falcon Block 70/72 and Sweden’s Saab produced Gripen JAS Series E in the multirole
jet needs of the military in the Philippines.
The Block-2 is
superior to the F-16 Viper and Europe made fighters like the Dassault Aviation’s Rafale Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo’s Typhoon
and Saab’s Gripen JAS E.
It carries four stealth
drones or adoptable area platform (AAP) as seen on its model display here where
this writer and some Filipino fighter pilots - clad on their green jumpsuits -
milled around them with curiosity.
“It can be launched from the KF-21 but they
are also can be launched from the ground or we can carry this one to the cargo
or from the air,” said by
Mr. Ha in his non-accented fluent English on the AAPs.
A prototype of the KF-21 Boramae flies over Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, March 28, 2023, during a test flight. Photo courtesy of Defense Acquisition Program Administration.
The Weapon Systems
Concept Development and Application Research Center of Konkuk
University advised that the KF-X should be superior to
the F-16 Fighting Falcon, with 50% greater
combat range, 34% longer airframe lifespan, better avionics, more active electronically scanned array (AESA)
radar, more-effective electronic warfare, more data link capabilities, and approximately
50,000 pounds-force.
It is a 4.5
generation fighter. (2)
KF-21 resembles the stealthier F-35 of the United
States after KAI disregarded the European delta wing design it earlier
submitted. Its airframe however
does not carry weapons in internal bays like fifth-generation fighters, though that internal
bays may be introduced in later development. (3)
FEATURES
“We will finish the Phase-1 development and
the manufacturing until 2026 and we will deliver to the (inaudible), Mr. Ha told this writer.
It has a larger
airframe with room for upgrades that could lead to a future reclassification as
a fifth-generation fighter. KAI
partnered with Lockheed Martin – the maker of the F-16 and the
F-35 - for technological support.(4) The contract formed a plan for
delivery of the aircraft to begin in 2026.
Lockheed Martin transferred two dozen F-35A technologies as part of a
purchase deal with KAI. The US government however
blocked the transfer of four vital technologies: AESA radar, infrared search and track (IRST), electro-optical
targeting pod (EO TGP), and radio
frequency jammer (RF jammer) technologies. The South Korean
manufacturers however developed those technologies.
The first test fly of KF-21 was on July 19
2022 after it used six flying prototypes, including the two two-seat versions and
conducted 2,200 flights. Its mass production of the 40 Block-1 jets begins in
2024. (6). The Block-1 jets have an interim capability of limited air-to-air
interdiction. Its first customers will be South Korea and Indonesia. Mass
production of the multirole 80 Block-2 jets will start on 2026. Later
developments of the Block-2 will include equipping it with a domestically
developed air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) and hypersonic
missile. (7)
The Block 2 was what
KAI intends to sell to the Philippines, Peru and Poland.
The KAI KF-X is
South Korea's second domestic fighter jet development program after the
successful FA-50 supersonic light multi-role aircraft. The Philippines bought
12 FA-50 in 2014 at P18.9 billion under the administration of President Benigno
Aquino, Jr.
PERFORMANCES
KF-21 has a maximum speed of 2,200 km/h (1,400 mph, 1,200 kn) or Mach 1.81.
It has a combat range of 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi) and a ferry range of 2,900
km (1,800 mi, 1,550 nmi) (8)
SUPERIOR JETS FOR PH. Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI)
Executive Hyaonjin Ha, head of the
International Business Development for Asia of KAI, discusses with Northern
Watch Newspaper Editor Mortz C. Ortigoza at its booth in Clark, Pampanga that
the multi-billion-dollar conglomerate is willing to supply the
Philippines its superiority two-engine multirole fighters after it starts to mass
produce from its plant the lethal aircraft a few years from now.
ARMAMENTS
It has the following weapons:
Guns:
1× 20 mm M61A2 Vulcan rotary autocannon.
Hard Points:
10 (6 under-wing hard points and 4
under-fuselage hard points).
Mr. Ha could not say
the exact year KF-21 can be delivered to the Philippines in case the latter
wants to procure a squadron of the jets.
“It is really hard to talk… we have not on
the stage of mass production at this point so it is hard to tell,” the Executive told this writer after he
badgered him to have a guess of the date of the multirole jets delivery in case
the Philippines buy them.
While KAI was the primary builder of the
aircraft, numerous other domestic and foreign companies were contracted to
provide its components or support. Several of these firms had worked with KAI
on the T-50 – the training version of the FA-50.
During a visit to South
Korea in April 2023 of Sebastian Chwałek, chairman of the PGZ (Polish Armaments
Group), he expressed Poland's desire to participate in the KF-21 project as a
development partner in 2026 when Block-2 begins. It is reported that the Polish
government discusses the possibility of acquiring Indonesia's stake in the
program by paying the ₩800 billion in overdue contribution funds that it failed
to pay. PGZ reportedly plans to deliver a letter of intent to participate in
development partners to the Seoul soon through the Polish government. (8)
Just like the Saab
made Gripen JAS C/D and E/F, the KAI made jet, the KF-21 Block-2 has lower
operational cost not to mention its less expensive purchase price, too.
The introduction of
the KF-21 in the market will have a ripple effect on multirole jet manufacturers
globally.
Women from different barangay families and
walk of life gathered at the 3rd floor of the Municipal Social Hall here recently for
the Women's Day celebration in line with the Mangaldan Town Fiesta and Pindang
Festival.
Municipal
Administrator and Event Focal Person Atty. Teodora S. Cerdan warmly welcomed about
500 participants comprised mostly of Barangay Health Workers (BHW), Barangay
Nutrition Scholars (BNS), Barangay Service Point Officers (BSPO) and local
government employees.
Municipal Administrator Atty. Teodora S. Cerdan welcomes about 500 participants comprised mostly of Barangay Health Workers (BHW), Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS), Barangay Service Point Officers (BSPO) and local government employees during the Women's Day in Mangaldan town.
Cerdan lauded the speakers for sharing their knowledge and time on this woman
empowering event.
Municipal
Coop. Officer Dr. Rosallie Hulipas, delivered Mayor Bona Fe de Vera-Parayno's
speech during the early part of the event, where she said that under her
administration, women in Mangaldan will not be left behind but are being taken
care of, respected, given importance and loved.
Dr. Grace
Petonio from the Municipal Health Office talked about Teenage Pregnancy, Dr.
Diana Ray Margarita Diala, Medical Officer III discussed about Postpartum
Depression & Menopause, Sylvia Jimenez, Midwife II talked about Family
Planning.
PSSg.
Jeanneth Nabua from the police talked about Republic Act 11313 or Safe
Spaces Act or commonly known as Bawal Bastos Law while Diana Grace Uson,
Psychometrician/Admin. Aide IV from the MSWDO lectured about Women Empowerment,
Gender Equality & Mental Health.
John Patrick
dela Cruz and Joanne Santiago from Magnolia Chicken San Miguel Foods -
Mangaldan branch also shared a business opportunity talk to the village folks
that can help them earn extra money for their family.
During the
latter part of the event, Mayor Bona who came from an important engagement
surprised the crowd and personally greeted the participantson Happy Women’s Month
and affirmed them that under her administration, women in Mangaldan are
empowered!
The local
chief executive asked the barangay families for their support as the local
government unit of Mangaldan resumes the Bantay
Barangay this April.
Participants
were enthused to actively listen and participate during the lectures and were
rewarded with prizes from Kiwanis Club of Metro Mangaldan led by Ms. Emma
Cabrera and Mangaldan Pindang Lady Eagles led by Janice Barrozo through a
raffle draw.
The question
and answer portion was also spiced up by the instant loading of nominal cash
prizes to the winners’ e-wallets courtesy of the event focal person, Atty.
Cerdan. (𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒂𝒏𝑷𝑰𝑶)
LINGAYEN,
Pangasinan—The provincial legislature on its regular session recently approved
a resolution giving authority to Governor Ramon V. Guico III to execute a Deed
of Donation in favor of some farmers and fishermen’s associations and
cooperatives as beneficiaries of the identified projects funded under the
Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP).
Those beneficiaries
with their corresponding projects are: Tugui Grande Fresh Produce Farmers
Association in Bani (Salad Tomato Contract Farming and Support Service Facility
Enterprise); Integrated Small Fishpond Owners and Lessees Multi-Purpose
Cooperative (ISFOL-MPC), Binmaley (Production and Marketing of Processed Bangus
Enterprise); Urdaneta City Organic Farming Rice Corn Vegetable Growers
Association (Fresh Tomato Consolodation and Trading Enterprise); Alcala Onion
Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperatives (Yellow Granex Production Consolidation and
Trading Enterprise); and, Bolo Bongalon Magsaysay Dulig San Gonzalo Agrarian
Reform Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BOMADUC ARC-MPC).
Authored by
lawmaker Nicholi Jan Louie Q. Sison, the resolution said the donations to the
five associations and cooperatives by the Provincial Government of Pangasinan
(PGP) could directly benefit the beneficiaries by way of increasing their rural
incomes and enhancing farm and fishery productivity.
“The Provincial Government of
Pangasinan has been constantly championing the farmers and fisherfolks’
associations of the province through its participation in the implementation of
the projects funded under the Philippine Development Program of the Department
of Agriculture,” the
resolution cited.
PRDP is
designed as an Adaptable Loan Program (ALP) jointly funded by the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the national government,
and the Local Government Unit (LGU) beneficiaries.
As such, “the provincial government intends to donate
or provide building structures, agricultural vehicles and equipment, and other
necessary facilities that will improve their production and raise incomes,”
the resolution stated.
PRDP is a
poverty-reduction and agri-fisheries development program of the agriculture
department in partnership with LGUs that intends to strengthen the agriculture
sector through the establishment of needed rural infrastructure and other
livelihood community projects. (Ruby R. Bernardino/PIMRO)
DILG'S BOSS. Manaoag Mayor Jeremy A. Rosario
(left) poses for posterity with Department of Interior & Local Government
Secretary Benhur Abalos at the sideline of the three days’ general assembly of
the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) at the Marriott Hotel in
Pasay City. The chief executive – a medical doctor - was part of the 1,508
mayors from all over the country that attended the conclave last February 27 to
29, 2024.The assembly’s theme for this year was “SDGs
Localization: Pathway to Sustainable Municipal Development”. It served
as a platform for the collaborative efforts of all municipal mayors in the
Philippines to address the challenges towards reaching their goals. The chief
executives of the towns have been exhorted to actively participate on the
discussions of the best practices for their turfs, local and international
linkages and capacity development regarding updates and trends on local
governance.
Sinabi ko na noon pa na limitado ang resupply mission ng mga
barkong civilian na ni rentahan para maghatid ng mga probisyon sa mga Marines
na nagbabantay sa 2nd Ayongin Shoal, Spratly Islands sa pamamagitan
ng nabubulok na BRP Sierra Madre.
Tingnan ninyo ang panibagong pangha-harass ng mga coast
guard at militia ships ng Intsik. Nakita ko kanina sa TV kung paano hinaharangan ng
dalawang malalaking coastguard ships ng China ang di makapalag na barko ng coast guard
natin habang binabangga at binobomba nila ng tubig dagat ang daanan. Apat na Pilipino ang nasaktan diyan. Pinakita pa sa TV na
nabasag ang ilang salamin ng nirentahan na resupply ship natin dahil sa pagbangga. Kahit na
naging matagumpay angpag ayuda sa mga Marines
halos bumaliktad naman siya sa lakas ng tama ng tubig galing sa militia ship ng
China.
A C-130 Hercules aircraft makes a Low-Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) supply drop at Jo Ju Air Strip during the joint Korean-U.S Military Exercise. (Wikipedia)
AYUDAHAN NG SEMENTO, BAKAL
Hindi habambuhay na ganito ang istratehiya natin tapos
limitado pa ang supply na puweding ihatid natin doon. Dapat bagsakan ng mga
bakal, semento at buhangin ang dating barkong pandigma natin na bigay pa ng
Kano na sinadsad noong 1999 noong administrasyon ni President Joseph Estrada.
Dapat palakihin at patibayin natin ang outpost natin para habambuhay na
tayo ang nakatengga doon.
Nabubulok na siya at iyan ang gusto ng mga Intsik na balang
araw babagsak iyan at wala ng matirhan ang mga sundalo natin. Pag nagkataon,
isa na namang ehemplo ng kapalpakan at kawalang inisyatiba ng mga taga gobyerno
natin matapos maagaw ng China ang
Mischief Reef, Scarborough Shoal, at iba pang mga isla sa Spratly na kinuha na
ng China, Vietnam at Malaysia.
CABBAGE STRATEGY
Matatandaan niyo na noong May 28, 2013 may TV interview si Major
General Zhang Zhaozhong ng People’s Liberation Army na inilabas rin ng
China Daily Mail. Ito ang sinabi niya na Cabbage Strategy nila sa barko ng
Pinas sa Ayungin.
“We should do more such things in the future. For
those small islands, only a few troopers are able to station on each of them,
but there is no food or even drinking water there. If we carry out the
“cabbage” strategy, you will not be able to send food and drinking water onto
the islands. Without the supply for one or two weeks, the troopers stationed
there will leave the islands on their own. Once they have left, they will never
be able to come back. For many things, we have to grab the right timing to do them.
Over the past few years, we have made a series of achievements at the Nansha
Islands (the Spratly Islands), the greatest of which I think have been on the
Huangyan Island, Meiji Reef (Mischief Reef) and Ren’ai Shoal (Ayungin Shoal)”.
Nasa Inglis po
iyong salita ni General Zhang, di ko na ni translate sa Tagalog.
C-130 SOLUTION
Ang solusyon na sinabi ko ay gayahin ang Khe San aerial resupply
mission na ginawa noong U.S –Vietnam War.
Noong January 1968 ang outpost na bulubundukin sa Vietnam kung
saan nagkakampo ang 6,000 U.S Marines at South Vietnamese Rangers ay pinaligiran
at inatake ng 20,000 Vietcong at North Vietnamese Army. Ang kalsada na
dinadaanan ng supply ay naagaw ng mga kalaban tapos 98 percent ng 1,500 tons
(1.5 million kilos) na mga bala ng baril, machine gun, mortar, kanyon at anim
na transport at combat helicopters at ang runway nila ay nasira o sumabog sa
mga bala ng kanyon at mortar ng mga kalaban
LAPES AT GPES
Para maihatid ang mga pagkain, bala, armas, at mga troso para
sa sa mga sandbags at tirahan nila, sila ay gumamit ng low altitude parachute
extraction system (LAPES) o ng ground proximity extraction system (GPES) kung
saan ang C-130 cargo plane – eroplanong kaya magkarga ng tanke at six-by-six
military truck dahil kasama akong sumasakay minsan sa kanya noong bata pa ako
ng 1970s kasama ang tatay kong air force – ay baba at lilipad ng 5 feet at 130
knots. Sa loob ng eroplano ang load master ay magpapalabas ng extraction mini
parachute kung saan hahatakin ng hangin ito para umatras at lalabas ang cargo.
Isang paraan ng GPES ay ibabagsak ng load master ang kawit na bakal galing sa likod ng cargo door ng eroplano para kumalawit sa kable’ o arrester wire – parang iyong sa aircraft carrier –
na nag aantabay sa ilalim para hatakin ang pallet loads sa loob ng dambuhalang eroplano.
Dahil dito sa diskarte ng mga Merkano sila ay nagtagumpay sa
mga kalaban na inaakala ng huli ay mauulit ang March 13 – May 7 1954 Battle
of Dien Bien Phu kung saan natalo
at sumuko ang French colonizer sa mga bulubundukin na lugar malapit sa Ho Chi
Minh Trail sa Laos.
May apat tayong C-130 at bakit hindi natin ginagawa itong LAPES
at GPES para magsupply ng pagkain, semento, bakal, buhangin at mga armas sa
Ayungin Shoal.
Para sa kaalaman pala ng lahat, iyong LAPES ay ni master ng mga Kano sa Mactan Air Base, Cebu noong 1964 bago isabak ang mga C-130s nila sa Vietnam.
Hindi kayang bombahin ng tubig o pabagsakin ng mga Intsik sa
pamamagitan ng mga missiles nila itong mga malalaking eroplano dahil makakagiyera
nila ang superpower na Amerikano dahil sa 1951 Mutual Defense Agreement natin
sa huli.
Ang Article IV ng treaty ay nagsasaad na “Each Party recognizes that an armed attack
in the Pacific area on either of the Parties would be dangerous to its own
peace and safety and declares that it would act to meet the common dangers in
accordance with its constitutional processes”.
At para malaman ninyo iyang giyera sa Amerkano ang huling
gustong mangyari ng mga Intsik dahil sa Malacca Strait Dilemma nila. Basahin
niyo na lang ang sinulat ko “ANALYSIS:War Not Imminent on U.S vs China in PH, TW Seas” o
i-click ang https://wwwmortzcortigoza.blogspot.com/2023/08/analysis-war-not-imminent-bet-us-vs.html.
Gawin na natin itong proposal ko dahil nabubulok na ang
ghost ship natin, pag bumagsak iyan goodbye Ayungin Shoal thanks but no thanks
sa kapalpakan at kawalan ng bayag ng mga namumuno sa atin.
(Author is a Professor of Political Science in the Philippines and has a Master in Public Administration (MPA). He has been an Op-Ed Writer for more than two decades. He can be contacted at totomortz@yahoo.com).
