The Ground Based Air Defense System (GBADS) Acquisition Project of the Philippine Air Force

To improve the air defense cover of the country, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) embarked on the acquisition of several air defense assets, including air and land components that will form a system that are networked to each other.

Among those is the Ground Based Air Defense System (GBADS) Acquisition Project, which calls for the introduction of land-based medium range air defense missile systems to protect vital installations and create a secondary air defense cover after manned fighter aircraft.

The project was finally approved for actual implementation as part of the PAF's Horizon 2 Phase Priority Projects of the Revised AFP Modernization Program.

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