A first: Philippines to buy 2 missile warships from Italy—DND

[Ronzkie23]

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A first: Philippines to buy 2 missile warships from Italy—DND

ByPhilip C. Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer


Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin

At last, the Philippines will be getting real warships.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Thursday said the government was planning to buy next year its first two modern warships armed with surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles and capable of hunting down submarines in the West Philippine Sea.
Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said this would be the first time that the Philippines would have warships with missiles and other modern armaments.
Gazmin said the Department of National Defense was looking to acquire the missile frigates from the Italian Navy. The two Maestrale-class frigates cost P11.7 billion.
“These are warships,” Gazmin said in a press conference. “They have antisubmarine capabilities and surface-to-air missiles. This is really for battle. We could get the frigates by November next year.”
He said the frigates would be “more lethal” than the Hamilton-class cutters the US Coast Guard was selling to the Philippines.
The Maestrale class of frigates was initially commissioned for the Italian Navy in 1982. They were primarily designed for antisubmarine warfare but are also capable of fighting on the surface and shooting down aircraft.
Equipped with several electronic warfare systems, these ships also have torpedoes, long-range guns and automatic weapons.
The Italian Navy will retire these frigates next January, Manalo said.

Source: A first: Philippines to buy 2 missile warships from Italy

- Matay hinay-hinay naman upgrade ang Pilipinas kay ang China pud nagporsige sila sa ila Aircraft Carrier..unsa kaha'y padulngan ani noh?makiggyera gyud cgro ni China sa atoa.. unsaon nlng ato naval forces maihap rba tawon then puro second hand pa jud.. paetah!

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[cobraKing]

11Bhmmmmmmmmmmm..asa man sad ta kuha ana?

[anonymousprogrammer2012]

11.7B
11B = Sure Price
.7% = Bulsa

[JAINI]

how about merge ni didto sa existing thread, AFP Modernization.

[butitoy]

old missile warships..

is the navy ready enough to secure this investment?


they should have Order | bought 4 Missile Fast Attack Crafts armed with Bofors RBS-15 Mk series Multi Target missile + 2 Missile Corvettes from Sweden

[Ronzkie23]

how about merge ni didto sa existing thread, AFP Modernization.

pwede pud boss..

to Mods: palihog ko merge ani mods if ever angay ba merge.. salamat..

[Ronzkie23]

old missile warships..

is the navy ready enough to secure this investment?


they should have Order | bought 4 Missile Fast Attack Crafts armed with Bofors RBS-15 Mk series Multi Target missile + 2 Missile Corvettes from Sweden

maypa Thailand boss first country in Asia nga nag-order na ani..
Thailand as a part of its Gripen procurement program, the Royal Thai Air Force will order the air-launch version, the RBS-15F, to equip its Gripen fighter aircraft in an agreement between Sweden and Thailand.[2]

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

nindot ni dah,..nindot ni pabothon,.hehehe

[Ronzkie23]

nindot ni dah,..nindot ni pabothon,.hehehe

impas ang 11.7B pesos plus inutang pa gyud.. hahaha!watas na pud ta mga pinoy..

[Code Talker]

gud luck lubong ta samot sa utang ani if madayon ni nga palit