Philippine 大統領，／社長 would 直面する 障害s in cutting U.S. 武器 依存
By Yeganeh Torbati
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Philippine 大統領 Rodrigo Duterte would 直面する major 障害s to に引き続いて through on his 脅し to 減ずる 購入（する）s of U.S. 武器s in 好意 of ロシアの and Chinese 武器, 含むing re-training a 軍の 深く，強烈に accustomed to working with the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, 専門家s said on Tuesday.
Duterte said in speeches in Manila on Tuesday that the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs did not want to sell ミサイルs and other 武器s to the Philippines, but that Russia and 中国 had told him they could 供給する them easily.
His comments were the 最新の in a 近づく-daily 一斉射撃，（質問などの）連発／ダム of 敵意 toward the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs that has raised questions about the long-standing 同盟 that is important to the U.S. 戦略 of rebalancing its 軍隊s toward Asia and 反対するing an assertive 中国.
怒り／怒るd by U.S. 表現s of 関心 over his war on 麻薬s, Duterte has called 大統領 Barack Obama a "son of a bitch," 脅すd to call off 共同の 軍の 演習s with Washington and started to contrast the former 植民地の 力／強力にする with its geopolitical 競争相手s Russia and 中国.
U.S. 公式の／役人s have downplayed Duterte's 発言／述べるs, 焦点（を合わせる）ing instead on the １０年間s-long 同盟 which they have sought to 支える in 最近の years in 返答 to 中国's moves to 施行する its （人命などを）奪う，主張するs over the South 中国 Sea. The White House said on Tuesday the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs had not received any formal communications from Duterte 's 政府 about changing the 関係.
The 部隊d 明言する／公表するs is the 選び出す／独身 largest provider of 武器 to the Philippines, によれば 人物／姿／数字s 持続するd by the Stockholm International Peace 研究 学校／設ける (SIPRI), which 跡をつけるs 軍の 支出s globally.
The two countries have become more intertwined 軍事的に in the last two years, 持つ／拘留するing more 演習s and training, and making more U.S. ship and 航空機 visits under 大統領 Barack Obama's 転換 of U.S. 軍の 軍隊s and 外交の 成果／努力s toward Asia in the 直面する of 中国's rise.
The Philippines is the largest 受取人 of U.S. 基金s in the Asia-太平洋の 地域 under the Foreign 軍の 財政／金融ing program, which is 供給するd by the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs to help countries 購入（する） American-made 武器s and 器具／備品. It received $50 million under FMF in the 2015 会計年度.
That dependence on U.S. 武器s and systems means the Philippine 軍の would have to re-道具 its 命令（する）-and-支配（する）／統制する structure if it 手配中の，お尋ね者 to switch to Chinese or ロシアの systems, said Richard Javad Heydarian, a professor at De La Salle University in Manila and a former 助言者 to the Philippines 衆議院.
"There will be some problems with configuration," Heydarian said. "It takes years for the Philippines' army to re-orient itself with new 科学（工学）技術."
The Philippines spent $3.9 billion on its 軍の in 2015, によれば SIPRI data. That spending has risen nearly every year since 2010, when it stood at $2.4 billion, the data show.
DEEP TIES
Though Russia in particular could 申し込む／申し出 high-質 武器s systems, the Philippines would have to take into account their interope rability with 存在するing American 在庫／株, said Lyle Goldstein, an 専門家 on Chinese 海上の 問題／発行するs at the U.S. 海軍の War College.
"You can't just buy a レーダ from this country and a ミサイル from that country," Goldstein said. "The 兵器 has to work together."
He 公式文書，認めるd that many Philippine officers were educated in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, linking the countries' 軍の cultures closely.
The 軍の 関係 between the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and the Philippines goes 井戸／弁護士席 beyond 武器 sales, 延長するing to training 演習s and support for 維持／整備.
Russia and 中国 do not have the same 評判 of 供給するing 包括的な training and support, said Amy Searight, until earlier this year the U.S. 副 assistant 長官 of 弁護 for South and Southeast Asia.
"The 部隊d 明言する／公表するs is 井戸／弁護士席 known for 存在 やめる good at that 十分な spectrum of support to build 能力s," said Searight, now with the 中心 for 戦略の and International 熟考する／考慮するs in Washington. "It's not just the 武器s or the 軍備s or 乗り物s or 器具／備品. It's using those to build real 能力s."
Most likely, Duterte's 目的（とする） is to signal to 中国 that he is willing to tinker with 存在するing U.S.-Philippines 軍の 協調, even if on the 利ざやs, Heydarian said.
That might mean relocating the 年次の U.S.-Philippines "Balikatan" 軍の 演習s away from the South 中国 Sea, or 辞退するing to その上の 拡大する American 軍の 接近 to Philippine bases, he said.
Duterte could also be trying to 強化する his position ーするために get better prices on 軍の 器具／備品 from the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, 専門家s said. ロシアの and Chinese 武器s are typically cheaper than American systems. (付加 reportin g by Idrees Ali; editing by Stuart Grudgings)
