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Philippines will purchase 32 more military helicopters

Among the new armaments also six maritime patrol boats

The secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines, Delfin Lorenzana, said in recent days that by January the country should finalize a further agreement for the purchase of 6 maritime patrol boats and 32 Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk tactical transport military helicopters. The value of the deal, which has already been approved by the government, is 590 million dollars for the naval...

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Manila, Philippines, 01/12/2022 10:44
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