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the on June 28, 2011, the U.S. military to participate in the annual US-Philippine joint military exercises at sea,” Bell Cloud guided missile destroyer arrived in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Province, Philippines.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Andrew Shapiro on the 10th of U.S. media revealed that the U.S. Congress has agreed to give it away to the Philippines, a coastal patrol ships, the “Dallas” to help the Philippines to defend the territorial seas, the United States last year to the Philippines presented with a retired patrol boats. The ship is now the Philippine Navy, the most advanced ships.

consider with more military equipment

Philippines Shapiro same day met with Philippine Defense Secretary. Shapiro said after the U.S. Congress on coastal patrol ships to the Philippines presented the recognition period will be due this week, “This means that Congress has already approved the plan, which will further meet the security needs of the Philippines.

Shapiro said he would consider the request of the Philippine side, with more military equipment, coastal patrol ships transferred to the latter as much as possible.

in May last year, the United States to the Philippines presented a retired Coast Guard ship, the “Hamilton”. Although second-hand goods, but this is the most advanced Philippine Navy’s largest warship. However, the Philippine military warship, originally equipped with communications, electronic systems and weapons systems have been removed. Shapiro, as U.S. officials had also said it would consider “reasonable demands” of the Philippine side, re-installed on the warship were removed and equipment. More defense cooperation and consultation in

the United States presented a coastal patrol ships to the Philippines is driven by the US-Philippine bilateral security cooperation, both countries are negotiating the regular visits of U.S. warships in the Philippines, in Philippine port the implementation of supply.

In addition, the two also matters related to the deliberations of the U.S. forces stationed in the southern Philippines turns.

observers say that these new trends in the US-Philippine, marking the military cooperation between the two countries have more from previous anti-terrorism transferred to assist the Philippine side and growth on the naval forces.

Shapiro said, “Traditionally, the U.S. focus is on helping the Philippines cope with internal security threats … but our two Governments agree that, we can change the object support in the field of maritime safety to give assistance to the Philippine side. “

the Philippines to the United States to ask for F-16 fighter

in the Philippines, the country is not only the hope that the United States to help upgrade its naval power also hope that the United States to provide the F-16 fighters, but the U.S. government, this has been the attitude of fuzzy.

In addition to visiting the Philippines, Shapiro will also visit Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, to seek to deepen defense cooperation with these countries in Southeast Asia. The United States had announced a new military strategy in Asia Pacific, as its center of gravity. The Pentagon has decided to start from the middle of this year, in batches to the Australian presence of Marines, according to the agreement reached last year, the U.S. military along the coast for ships in Singapore turns heading. (Heavenly)

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