AFP Modernization in Full Swing

[hulagway]

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[noy.juan]

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[crisxahia]

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PHL now conducting study of possible anti-ship missiles

"MANILA, Feb. 18 (PNA) - A committee is now evaluating the best and most affordable missile which will be hopefully installed on the country's two Hamilton-class cutters now in service at the Philippine Navy (PN).

The Department of National Defense (DND) observer said that missiles being evaluated are the anti-ship type which will give the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF-15) and BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16) more capability in protecting the country's maritime domain.

Having the anti-missiles will also give the two ships more firepower in engaging would-be poachers and intruders.

The DND official declined to identify the exact type of missile being studied and stressed that the matter is "top secret".

Some defense officials earlier said that the Harpoon is the ideal missile system for the PN's Hamilton-class cutters as the weapon was already deployed aboard the USCGC Mellon, the sister ship of the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar and BRP Ramon Alcaraz, in January 1990.

The USCGC Mellon also received an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) suite, including the AN/SQS-26 sonar and Mark 46 torpedoes.

The ASW suite and Harpoon capability were removed due to fiscal constraints in the latter part of the 1990s, but served as a proof of capability for all USCG cutters.

The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system, developed and manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security).

In 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th Harpoon unit since the weapon's introduction in 1977. The missile system has also been further developed into a land-strike weapon, the standoff land attack missile.

The regular Harpoon uses active radar homing, and a low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory to improve survivability and lethality. The missile's launch platforms include:

* Fixed-wing aircraft (the AGM-84, without the solid-fuel rocket booster).

* Surface ships (the RGM-84, fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster that detaches when expended, to allow the missile's main turbojet to maintain flight).

* Submarines (the UGM-84, fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster and encapsulated in a container to enable submerged launch through a torpedo tube).

* Coastal defense batteries, from which it would be fired with a solid-fuel rocket booster. (PNA)
DSP/PFN"

LINK here: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=...id=&rid=498619


i wonder what anti-ship missile there looking at.. if the deal for Maestrales will finally be signed then we automatically got ourselves the Otomat asm. i'm not sure if the system for the harpoon used in USCG Mellon was also installed with other USCG ships.. dig dig dig..

[noy.juan]

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[noy.juan]

if its to be mounted on Hamilton i guess it would be harpoon since hamilton had been tested with that system... now if only they get some CIWS back on the hamilton that would be much better...

i dont like our navy getting multiple ASM with same purpose... that would be a logistical nightmare...

[balipseyev]

if its to be mounted on Hamilton i guess it would be harpoon since hamilton had been tested with that system... now if only they get some CIWS back on the hamilton that would be much better...

i dont like our navy getting multiple ASM with same purpose... that would be a logistical nightmare...

Pde pud na OTOMAT nalang ilahang ibutang if ever man ma acquire ang mga Maestrales....

[elvandesantos]

Having the anti-missiles will also give the two ships more firepower in engaging would-be poachers and intruders.

As far as sah ako nahibaw-an... intruders are alarmed and warned, while poachers are arrested. missiles for poachers?

missiles are to be aimed/targeted to confirmed enemies-to destroy, no warnings or arrest involvement. maybe RP is getting too paranoid in security then.

[noy.juan]

shooting poachers with ASM nice idea but its already an overkill... even a 7.62 fire from a machine gun or .50cal burst is already enough... but if i can control the big red button for the ASM i might be tempted.. hehehehehehehe

[SioDenz]

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[dbalagosa]

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murag pareha ra jud ta ug gina atangan dire. Pics and articles about Military hardware.

Pics about the ASM in action onboard the boats ato i acquire would be nice.