Philippine Navy acquires biggest warship

[rejiel]

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panguntra na ni sa china? hehe

[elvandesantos]

panguntra na ni sa china? hehe

nope. itsa flagship. just to wave our flag in spratlys. to remind them we are still here.

[Sand Man]

Wala apil ang Phalanx CIWS ug ang Hull mounted sonar kay gikuha sa USCG ug gibutang sa ilahang bag-ong barko...

Thanks. Naa ni siya ASW capability?

[ezekiel]

at least naa bag-ong barko kumapara sa BRP Humabon nga panahaon pas pearl harbor..hehehe!! pwede kaayu ni nila e upgrade Anti Air like Mistral/Simbad
pwede pud ikarga sa helicopter ang torpedo

[balipseyev]

Thanks. Naa ni siya ASW capability?

Wala ni sya active ASW kay giwala ang Hull Mounted Sonar, pero naa talks na ang usa ka Bag-o nato na Sokol Multi-Utility Helicopter kay dri i base sa iyaha nya butangan ug Dipping Sonar, Ang iyahang ASW is her passive sonobuoy,

Di pa ta kasulti unsa jud iyahang armament pa kay muagi pa ni sya sa Guam for final refits...

in my opinion a battery of
MM40 Block 3 EXOCET Missile


will make her a fearsome ship....

There are also talks na we are acquiring 3-4 more of this ships... Pero la pa jud agreements...

By the way, daun pa ba tong deal sa Korea to purchase an LPD?

[Sand Man]

MM40 Block 3 EXOCET Missile

Nice. Kani ra bang Exocet mao ni nakaigo sa USS Stark sauna.

[titaniumbox]

ma maintain or sustain kaha na dre sa atoa? basin ma standby lang unya pohon kay walay pang maintenance or sustain padagan ana.. tsk tsk tsk.

[tokidoki_v2.0]

Wala gihapon pulos kai paksit gihapon ta ani puhon!



Source: China launches first aircraft carrier on maiden sea trial - Yahoo! News

OMFG nalang.

[Sand Man]

Wala gihapon pulos kai paksit gihapon ta ani puhon!

As stated before, the new ship was not bought to take on the Chinese. Obviously, if they decide to invade us, they very easily can. And they will definitely kill our Navy bisan pa ug ihurot nato ang kwarta sa Pilipinas pamalit ug mga bag-ong barko.

The ship is there to establish a presence, and to challenge anyone who trespasses our sovereignty.

From the article:

Last month, China confirmed that it was refitting the old, unfinished Soviet carrier hull bought from Ukraine's government, and sources told Reuters it was also building two of its own carriers.

"China has had a longstanding fascination with the national prestige attached to aircraft carriers, and this first sea trial may be seen as a crucial step toward the goal of achieving great naval power status," said Chengxin Pan, an expert on China at Deakin University in Australia.

If Beijing is serious about having a viable carrier strike group, however, it will need three carriers, Ashley Townshend at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney told Reuters in an interview before the debut of the vessel.

China would also have to develop support ships and aircraft for any carrier group, Townshend said.

In China's neighborhood, India and Thailand already have aircraft carriers, and Australia has ordered two multi-purpose carriers. The United States operates 11 carriers.

Before the launch, a Pentagon spokesman played down the likelihood of any immediate leaps from China's carrier program. U.S. experts on the Chinese navy agreed.

"A newly-wed couple wants a 'starter home', a new great power wants a 'starter carrier'," Andrew Erickson of the U.S. Naval War College and Gabriel Collins, a security analyst, wrote in a note about the carrier launch (Andrew S. Erickson*|*China analysis from original sources).

"China's 'starter carrier' is of very limited military utility, and will primarily serve to confer prestige on a rising great power, to help the military master basic procedures, and to project a bit of power," they wrote.

[tokidoki_v2.0]

^^ but india, thailand and australia are not challenging the spratlys. We are.

And I wouldn't get my hopes up with the broke-as-hell americans. Lest we also forget China claims to have developed maybe the first carrier-killer cruise missiles. This makes their ship a very deadly opponent to the others.

Also remember that they did not hesitate to bring naval presence in the Spratlys. If the Americans have a carrier based in the Phils I would imagine the Chinese would not hesitate to bring their carrier over just for the sake of making sure that their Spratly-based navy will not be outdone by Americans. So the current situation requires their "presence" as you suggest in the Spratlys. (but of course, i'm speculating although it's not impossible)

It's all about ego, friend.