According to Yonhap, June 20, the broadcast TV stations in the Philippines reported ABS-CBN20 Day, the Philippines, to determine the introduction of 12 Korean advanced trainer TA-50 in the next two years to 1.25 billion pesos per frame (about 188 million yuan).
Reported that the Philippine government decided to introduce the TA-50 regarding the exposure in the case of ownership sharp confrontation with the Chinese government around the South China Sea Huangyan Island, so much attention.
The report also said that the Philippine government to determine the two military fighter jets flew over the Huangyan island empty "and decided to greatly enhance the air force. Philippine authorities revealed that the Aquino government is expected to invest 70 billion pesos (about 10.5 billion yuan) to achieve the modernization of the army, a considerable portion of the budget will be used to strengthen the air force.
It is reported that TA-50 machine is 13.4 m long, 9.17 m wide and 4.91 meters high, with a maximum speed of Mach 1.4, the maximum takeoff weight of 12 tons, the highest climb to 14,000 m. Performance with the Korean Air Force's main fighter plane of KF-16 is quite used to train fighter pilots of the new models. In case of emergency as attackers use. TA-50 is equipped with the latest digital flight control system and the U.S. F-18 fighter 'the F404-GE-102' engine. To use EL/M-2032 radar to detect enemy aircraft 60 km away, outside the 40 km distance from enemy air-to-air missiles can be launched.
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