We don't need your F-16s, Duterte tells the US

DAVAO CITY - President Rodrigo Duterte said the country wouldn't need the high-powered fighter jets that the US government recently dangled to him, saying all he needed were planes to help fight the insurgents.

"… if they are thinking we are going to buy Lockheed Martin (planes), how many F-16s can I buy? Three? For what? Against China? Malaysia? We don't have a war to fight. What I need are propeller-driven planes to fight the insurgents," Duterte said after he read a letter from the US Secretary of State inviting him for an audience.

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