Philippine Navy acquires Hamilton class patrol craft

[piscesboy]

ewan ko ba bakit andaming galit ke pinoy e kung ako tatanungin yung mga nakaraang administration wala naman ata naitulong para sa hukbong sandatahan ng pilipinas e ngayon andami ng priorities ng administrasyon para sa bansa dami parin OA kung makareact.

[userfriendly]

Just adding, last Friday, I saw the Phil Air Force conducting training flights in Lipa City. They were flying 4 Hueys and one other helicopter that I cant identify in formation. Could it be the Sokol? Far off in the distance a group of 9 to 10 planes were also flying in formation. No idea what kind of airplane except they were slow and looked ike it has a prop. Maybe Cessna T41?

Theye were basically formation flying for the better part of the 2 days. I 1st heard them Thursday but did not see as I was indoors. Heard them again Friday morning and finally saw them Friday afternoon.

[robot.sonic]

ewan ko ba bakit andaming galit ke pinoy

nagtaka ka pa.

Ibagsak ang rehimeng US-<insert last name of president here>. Automatic na yan. Naka template na.

Ibagsak ang rehimeng US-robot.sonic!

[Altis6453]

ewan ko ba bakit andaming galit ke pinoy e kung ako tatanungin yung mga nakaraang administration wala naman ata naitulong para sa hukbong sandatahan ng pilipinas e ngayon andami ng priorities ng administrasyon para sa bansa dami parin OA kung makareact.

These are probably the people who'd first run and hide under a bed when a shooting war erupts. :nono:

[timrev]

Coast Guard hiring personnel for new patrol ships

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/07...w-patrol-ships
For more information, the public can call the maritime agency’s Public Affairs Office at 527-8481 local 6291 or 6292 or visit the PCG’s website Philippine Coast Guard.

The agency needs at least 10,000 new workers.

[uls]

^^^

apply ka na dude

huwag ka na mag apply sa mga casino

[HondaWay]

Dahil anemic ang AFP natin sa kagamitan walang takot na tayong pinapasok ng tsina. Walang ginawang hakbang si GMA kundi magpayaman noong dalawang term niya. heto, barkong pandigma ng tsina na-stuck 60 miles off Philippine coast. Proof of China's incursion in our sovereign territory.

Chinese gunboat stuck in shoal near Palawan » Nation » News | Philippine News | philstar.com

[chua_riwap]

^ ayun....mag-iimbestiga lang. wah-ha-hah!
wala eh. hanggang doon lang tayo......

[timrev]

^^^

apply ka na dude

huwag ka na mag apply sa mga casino

pagiisipan ko pa hehehe...brother ni wifey magaapply na...
apply na mga wala pang work jan....protektahan ang bansang pilipinas nyahahaha

[Syuryuken]

ewan ko ba bakit andaming galit ke pinoy e kung ako tatanungin yung mga nakaraang administration wala naman ata naitulong para sa hukbong sandatahan ng pilipinas e ngayon andami ng priorities ng administrasyon para sa bansa dami parin OA kung makareact.

Maraming bugok na pinoy, mga utak talangka.

[timrev]

ewan ko ba bakit andaming galit ke pinoy e kung ako tatanungin yung mga nakaraang administration wala naman ata naitulong para sa hukbong sandatahan ng pilipinas e ngayon andami ng priorities ng administrasyon para sa bansa dami parin OA kung makareact.

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Philippine Navy to arm US-acquired ships


Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:48 am | Monday, September 10th, 2012



Photo by Frances Mangosing. INQUIRER.net


The Department of National Defense intends to arm its recently-acquired warship, the Navy’s Hamilton-class cutter BRP Gregorio del Pilar, with antiship missiles, a DND official said Sunday.

The official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter, said the Gregorio del Pilar’s weapons system would be upgraded with Harpoon antiship missiles—described as a modern, all-weather, over-the-horizon defense system.

The Gregorio del Pilar,a decommissioned US Coast Guard cutter, was acquired last August as the Navy’s flagship vessel. Although “combat ready,” the US stripped the warship of its most sensitive armaments.

The Navy is getting another Hamilton-class cutter from the US, the Coast Guard cutter “Dallas,” and this would also be fitted with missiles here, the source said.

“These upgrades will make our Hamilton-class cutters more capable vessels. It will definitely satisfy our minimum deterrent capability as far as naval defense is concern,” the official said. Philip C. Tubeza

Philippine Navy to arm US-acquired ships | Inquirer Global Nation

update on the hamilton class cutters.

[timrev]

Philippine Navy to arm US-acquired ships | Inquirer Global Nation

update on the hamilton class cutters.

Harpoon anti-ship missile

wow magkanu kaya yan? pwede masubukan sa mga banka ng terorista

[Monseratto]

Mas mahal pa yung missle kaysa bangka...

Unit Cost: $1,200,000 for Harpoon Block II.

The US Navy -- Fact File: Harpoon Missile

[safeorigin]

better off shooting them with flechette rounds

[jpdm]

PF-16 BRP Ramon Alcaraz (photo : Philippines Embassy)


Arrival of PN's Second Frigate Delayed until August

04 Maret 2013

PN's second frigate to arrive by August


MANILA — The Philippine Navy's (PN) second frigate, the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16), is slated to arrive in August, not April as earlier stated.

The extra five months can be attributed to the commissioning requirement of more intensive training for its crew before the vessel can be taken out of its North Charleston, South Carolina naval facility.

"Latest estimate is August of this year as the crews' training more requirement is more intensive now," PN spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Fabic said.

The BRP Ramon Alcaraz has more sophisticated weapons and sensors that its sister ship, the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF-15).

source: DEFENSE STUDIES: Arrival of PN's Second Frigate Delayed until August

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PH buying 2 brand-new warships
By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:20 am | Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
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The Philippines is getting two brand-new frigates as part of the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said on Monday.
He told reporters that the Department of National Defense (DND) had earmarked P18 billion for the purchase of the two vessels through a public bidding. He said a number of countries, including South Korea, Spain and Singapore, would participate in the bidding.
Manalo also disclosed that the DND had been negotiating for a government-to-government acquisition of 12 jet fighters from South Korea.
He said the DND had decided to scrap previous plans to acquire refurbished frigates since secondhand vessels would be more costly to maintain. He said the DND had allocated P9 billion for each frigate, or fast warship.
“The purchase of the frigates has been in the pipeline,” Manalo said. “We are just waiting for the Navy to submit their ‘decision package.’ After that, we will review it and issue an acquisition decision memorandum signed by (Defense) Secretary Voltaire Gazmin,” he said.
Manalo said the process could take a week. “After that, we’ll schedule one or two prebid conferences.”
“We originally wanted to buy secondhand frigates but then we realized that it would be expensive in the long run if we are going to buy secondhand,” he added.
He noted that older ships required more maintenance repairs compared to new vessels. He said the DND had previously approved P6 billion for each refurbished frigate.
The Philippine Navy has only one battleship, the 48-year-old Hamilton-class cutter BRP Gregorio del Pilar, which the Philippines acquired from the United States in 2011.
A second warship, the BRP Ramon Alcaraz, would finally sail to the Philippines in June after undergoing repairs in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Navy earlier said the Alcaraz, a 45-year-old frigate, was expected to arrive this month.
The Hamilton-class cutter was acquired for P450 million by the AFP from the US Coast Guard on May 22, 2012, as part of the US government’s military assistance program for the Philippines.
In his State of the Nation Address last year, President Aquino announced that the Alcaraz would arrive from the United States in January 2013 as part of the much-needed AFP upgrade.
“We are not sending paper boats out to the sea. Now, our 36,000 kilometers of coastline will be patrolled by more modern ships,” the President then said, referring to the decades-old vessel, which the US Coast Guard decommissioned on March 30, 2012.
Formerly known as USCGC Dallas, the AFP’s second frigate was named after the late Commodore Ramon Alcaraz, a World War II hero who commanded the Q-boat Abra, which shot down three Japanese aircraft.
Like its sister ship, the Alcaraz was classified as a high-endurance cutter built in 1968.


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Mastrales out Phil Navy now wants to buy new.

[111prez]

^^^ Ayaw mag bid ng China to supply the PN with ships?

[rollyic]

sana ibenta na lang ulit yung 2 hamilton cutter...tapos ibili ng maliit na isang brand new warship.
or 10-20 units na mga speedboat tapos lagyan nila ng 2-4 machine guns...pang habol man lang sa mga smugglers at chinese fish boats na illegal na pumapasok sa pinas just like yung sumabit sa tubataha reef.

[Altis6453]

sana ibenta na lang ulit yung 2 hamilton cutter...tapos ibili ng maliit na isang brand new warship.
or 10-20 units na mga speedboat tapos lagyan nila ng 2-4 machine guns...pang habol man lang sa mga smugglers at chinese fish boats na illegal na pumapasok sa pinas just like yung sumabit sa tubataha reef.

Highly unlikely.

The PH just spent about Php 450M in acquiring the Hamilton (BRP Gregorio Del Pilar) and slightly higher that for the Dallas (BRP Ramon Alcaraz). The DND/AFP is not in the buy and sell business of military equipment.

What should concern us is the snail's pace it's taking for the DND/AFP to "study" the capabilities of existing warships, be it brand new or second hand, considering that we're already having a hard time defending and patroling our territorial seas. Add to that, there are those idiots that the media interview over TV who proclaim loudly that the acquisition of these vessels should be last priority of the government.