{"id":236956,"date":"2019-11-09T01:48:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T06:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=236956"},"modified":"2019-11-09T01:48:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T06:48:39","slug":"phs-2nd-missile-frigate-formally-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/09\/phs-2nd-missile-frigate-formally-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"PH&#8217;s 2nd missile frigate formally launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v5.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/philippinenavy\/posts\/10156917224462956?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCZzzIRapQoICn3alNXXb34QjpmKs1S3NI1vNNxgboVDA4_caD1A6-eo_7QXgzrwYd8tEH-KIJ5sDOwwFBWc2LNS3OmyfZ8Rj0492-X_8_ja8XrNKbqOwnX0J8Z8u2KotITtRU8rX6YKBZ2gDAWsCHtZY4NcsLbwsYa75VjrcY0NF5HqrD3XFnvq5NgAeAL554O_14jY5pThxFAmYo7xp62n8pjkH8Q0BlXwkD0RQn2CXIheInd5kvzAqYgCm2iqSw9LLaGoOupkIfGIrAqGPxDzyx_D-NFX4gK630kHlgKu7KEOsu5pyu9paYOfnLZXlzRYkyFDVXzDcIo3zKF&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/philippinenavy\/posts\/10156917224462956\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>PH Navy\u2019s 2nd missile-capable frigate launched in KoreaThe second multi-dimensional frigate of the Philippine Navy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/philippinenavy\/\">Philippine Navy<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/philippinenavy\/posts\/10156917224462956\">Thursday, November 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The second multi-dimensional and missile-armed frigate of the Philippine Navy (PN) was formally launched at the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard in Bangeojinsunhwan-doro, Ulsan, South Korea on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Named after one of the Filipino revolutionary generals who fought and died during the Philippine-American War, BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) completes the two-unit Frigate Acquisition Project of the PN.<\/p>\n<p>The first ship, BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), was launched last May and currently undergoing harbor trials and could be completed by the first quarter of 2020, said Navy public affairs office chief, Lt. Commander Maria Christina Roxas.<\/p>\n<p>The delivery of BRP Jose Rizal is at the earliest April or May 2020 and BRP Antonio Luna in September or October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine officials who witnessed the event were headed by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, together with Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief-of-Staff, Gen. Noel Clement, and Navy Flag -Officer- In Command (FOIC), Vice Adm. Robert Empedrad.<\/p>\n<p>They were joined by former FOIC, retired Vice Adm. Ferdinand Golez; Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, Rear Adm. Rommel Jason Galang; Naval Inspector General, Commodore Sean Anthony Villa; Philippine Fleet deputy Commander, Commodore Wilfredo Burgonio Jr.; and Offshore Combat Force commander, Captain Karl Decapia.<\/p>\n<p>Also in attendance was the Korean representative from Minister of Defense Acquisition Wang Jung-Hong from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Republic of Korea (ROK).<\/p>\n<p>Both ships are capable of engaging in the four dimensions of modern warfare, namely: Anti-Air Warfare (AAW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW), Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Electronic Warfare (EW), and are fully equipped with Surface-to-Surface Missiles (SSM), Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM), and Torpedoes.<\/p>\n<p>The primary gun is 76mm Super Rapid Gun while the secondary platform is a 30mm gun. It is also equipped with chaff dispensers and decoys as a defense against incoming missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Roxas said the acquisition of these missile frigates will strengthen the Navy\u2019s capability to safeguard our maritime nation and territorial limits.<\/p>\n<p>The two missile-capable frigates are tangible manifestations and benchmarks of the PN&#8217;s vision of becoming a strong and credible naval force by 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PH Navy\u2019s 2nd missile-capable frigate launched in KoreaThe second multi-dimensional frigate of the Philippine Navy&#8230; Posted by Philippine Navy on&nbsp;Thursday, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":236957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236958,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236956\/revisions\/236958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}