Talk:Controller Operated Battle Ready Armament

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M113 APC General Luis Malinis with the mounted COBRA fired during live drills in Camp O' Donnell.

... that development of the Controller Operated Battle Ready Armament (pictured) was financially backed by the Department of Science and Technology and the Philippine Army?

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20260101160647/https://stii.dost.gov.ph/images/jdownloads/pdf_files/sntposts/4Q-2022_STPost_--onlineV2.pdf --> Page 41.

ALT1: ... that five companies expressed willingness to manufacture the Controller Operated Battle Ready Armament (pictured) for the Philippine Army after live fire drills at Camp O'Donnell? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20251212013426/https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/11/dost-developed-cobra-weapon-system-turned-over-to-dnd-1613
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Comment: The article's got a couple of URLs that aren't archived. The RCWS is quite new(ish), so there's not a lot of info on it. Also have a suggested image, but can otherwise have another image just in case.

Created by Ominae (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

Ominae (talk) 05:14, 2 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Not (yet) a review, but as much as I'd really like to see more Philippine representation on DYK, neither hook as currently written seems to meet DYKINT. The first doesn't seem all that surprising, that a country's army would fund the development of a military project? Multiple company biddings are the norm for military projects as well, so ALT1 as currently written is not interesting. I think there might be some potential for a different hook angle if the appropriate context is provided: after all, the Philippine military is notoriously underfunded and underdeveloped, so perhaps a hook that involves that theme in some way might work. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:25, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Only (for now) reason why I advocate for ALT 0 is because it's generally unheard of with the DOST and the PA splitting the funding. Most of the defense hardware acquisitions are done through foreign contracts and the local ones from the Marcos-era SRDP relied on licensed production. Plus, there aren't a lot of local defense companies out there as far as I know that are still alive. Honestly don't have other ideas for ALTs if you're willing to shoot them down. There's BUHAWI too, but that's also another recent example. The other attempts to make local hardware after the downfall of Marcos Sr. didn't do much as private companies didn't get that support from the government, which is why I find it interesting/surprising the government "solely" stepped in. Ominae (talk) 04:12, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is that ALT0's interest would really depend on knowing Philippine military or defense-related context, and regrettably that would fall under DYKINT. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:10, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

IMO, not necessary, though I get the point why you'd say that. I did a DYK nomination for the Counterintelligence Group and it went through. At this point, I'd rather wait for a second opinion. Still have no idea on what kind of DYK question if you've shot them down at least. Ominae (talk) 02:55, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Doing an alternate in case another reviewer doesn't like the first one.

- ALT2: ... that the Controller Operated Battle Ready Armament (pictured) was tested in various field conditions prior to the live drills at Camp O'Donnell? Ominae (talk) 05:44, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Full review needed now that new hook has been proposed. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:40, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]