US State Dep't Ready to Fill PH's Biggest, Costliest Arms Shopping List

The US State Department has told Congress that it plans to sell to the Philippines a squadron of AH-64E “Apache” attack helicopters, hundreds of FIM-92 portable anti-aircraft “Stinger” and air-to-ground M-36 “”Hellfire” missiles, and an assortment of other weapons and military equipment worth over $2 billion (about  P100 billion) (See Inquirer.net for story).