It may take a while for the Western world to find its courage 🙄 and stop #Muscovy ( and soon others 😞)imperialism in its tracks but when it does it will be world coming for Vladimir 😅
Justice from the skies filled with drones #ATACMS, jets and killer 🐝 drone swarms #SlavaUkraine 💪🇺🇦
Today, we had a largish raid group of 11+ to take on an #OriginFormePalkia in - it turned out to be a good raid.
Just for fun, my strongest ditto was backing up my mega salamence who was in #1 position. Turns out that the ditto's shapeshift did not cancel out my salamance's mega form which was a happy surprise 😁
The country being referred to is the #Philippines, we're reportedly going for the #Gripen E/F instead. That leaves, potentially, eight Gripen C/D fighters for #Ukraine now that #Sweden is joining #NATO.
"Reportedly, 12 Gripen C/Ds were produced in Switzerland a few years ago in the hope of commercial success, but the country did not opt for this type, so #Hungary could instead receive four of these #Gripens." #JAS39Gripen#Gripens4UA
#MuharremDemirok, the leader of the Swedish #CentreParty, expects decisions regarding the aircraft supply from the Swedish Prime Minister as early as today. The Centre Party has long insisted on sending planes to #Ukraine, even before #Sweden's #NATO accession, journalists reported. #JAS39Gripen#Gripens4UA
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
The Philippines is close to sealing a deal with Sweden to acquire a squadron of 12 multi-role fighters worth 61 billion pesos, a defense spokesman said on Friday.
Director Arsenio Andolong said both sides are expected to sign an agreement by next month in Sweden. #JAS39Gripen
Because of #Beijing’s massive defence build-up in the region, #SoutheastAsia air forces are ordering new equipment and eyeing more potent capabilities.
The #Jas39Gripen came about as a result of #Sweden's #Bas90 program from the 1970s. Bas 90 required aircraft that could be quickly scrambled from such small, scattered, makeshift bases, making it much harder for an enemy to destroy Sweden's air force quickly.
I stumbled upon the Reddit discussion below & translated the quoted Swedish article on the SEK 11.74B (krona)/ USD 1.13B/PHP 63B (peso) recent arms sale to a "secret country".
A second reliable source cites the same number of MRFs to be purchased and the same two primary candidates - Sweden's #Jas39Gripen & the US #F16. This is the first one that mentions #India's #HALTejas which is technically a Light Combat Aircraft or #LCA (like our FA-50), it's not an #MRF.
The news is supposed to be officially announced soon.
In 2021, the #UnitedStates approved the potential sale of 12 latest variants of #F16 fighter jets to its close ally, the #Philippines — however, the proposed purchase has been delayed due to financial constraints faced by #Manila, which deems the offered price by #Washington as “too pricey” and beyond its financial capability.
In anticipation of a big announcement by the Department of National Defense this June, here's a tidy presentation of the #Gripen's capabilities. #Philippines#JAS39
July 1 is the Philippine Air Force's 76th anniversary. We'll see if the new Secretary of Defense (Gibo Teodoro) actually signs the contract.
"For #Manila, it is a question of strengthening its defensive capacities, particularly in the face of the rise in tension with #China, whether around the question of #Beijing's #SouthChinaSea claims, as Sino-US tensions around #Taiwan."