{"id":255925,"date":"2020-05-24T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=255925"},"modified":"2020-05-24T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T11:35:00","slug":"palace-welcomes-historic-arrival-of-phs-1st-missile-capable-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/24\/palace-welcomes-historic-arrival-of-phs-1st-missile-capable-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace welcomes historic arrival of PH\u2019s 1st missile-capable ship"},"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=v7.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/philippinenavy\/posts\/10157529670232956?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBVXaTimrQuS-7FG376_euCvQkcn0TLjthmvjDLi0H8p-K0qdI05JSYNXnSrlADTq1hPJPNRmrNe6x2HVG4rWxcex_vs5iabRlSpfOTe0FSTBc3jP-ZZPg6Xissl9GL347W9xrHPl5Sa3M1Ef-eu6JOccX0dcTnv4X_wU9DoeIg9jKpcdwoo8kLKLT-L2wkY0KrShk5RCludNbJnyorFikymyGCsJ0Yx_KGCRuwUJn8IOV976E77U0b6-6lIvduHwIjeIrebo_WqZwZmauUwQ3Bycph6-pRLJY5Uvbk8WaX1yoSVT52iB0ZS5Cdl5QBzZDD0ao-q1RsDuR1LFDhMrUz9oCA-2aDkSbU9m8yqtlmfBN39mpjzeHYjOnGioINsJrrOw0aE1hNL5gAYxHdQCebNuZ6KenjRyeNq03ndb01RLHTRaZfDw9l53zHKQSk2UZisEXhg8B5AQgdIEyjzeVrSJvBVR44-2sBnhIZtPsPV_M&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/philippinenavy\/posts\/10157529670232956\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>LOOK: PH Navy\u2019s newest missile capable frigate arrives in the PhilippinesNAVAL STATION JOSE ANDRADA, Manila- The&#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\/10157529670232956\">Saturday, May 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Sunday welcomed the historic arrival of the country\u2019s first missile-frigate, the BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), as a \u201cbreakthrough\u201d in the Philippines\u2019 naval force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider this a breakthrough in the Philippine Navy\u2019s transformation journey in our goal of building a strong and credible maritime force,\u201d Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Roque pointed out that the arrival of the missile-capable frigate is a testament to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte\u2019s commitment to modernize the country\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis forms part of the national leadership\u2019s initiative to enhance the country\u2019s defense capabilities to secure our seas against current threats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, Offshore Combat Force head, Commodore Karl Decapia said the BRP Jose Rizal \u201csignals the realization of a modern Navy that is capable of imposing the Navy&#8217;s territorial defense mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BRP Jose Rizal arrived in Subic Bay, Zambales on Saturday (May 23) after a five-day voyage from Ulsan, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>It was supposed to be delivered in the last week of April but the prevailing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic prompted a reschedule due to travel restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The missile-capable frigate is capable of conducting anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and electronic warfare operations.<\/p>\n<p>It has a maximum designed speed of 25 knots and a cruising speed of 15 knots and a range of 4,500 nautical miles.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy only has two large missile-armed warships so far in its fleet. The second frigate, the BRP Antonio Luna, is expected to be delivered late this year.<\/p>\n<p>Both are manufactured by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>While at anchor, the sailing crew will undergo a two-week quarantine in compliance with the strict health protocols being implemented by the Philippine government to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Aboard the ship are 61 PN officers and enlisted personnel along with 23 personnel from HHI and four &#8220;owner&#8217;s representatives&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The technical inspection and acceptance of the frigate shall commence after the quarantine period.<\/p>\n<p>An arrival and commissioning ceremony is poised to be conducted on June 19 coinciding with the birth anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal, the ship\u2019s namesake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOOK: PH Navy\u2019s newest missile capable frigate arrives in the PhilippinesNAVAL STATION JOSE ANDRADA, Manila- The&#8230; Posted by Philippine Navy &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":255927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255925","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=255925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255928,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255925\/revisions\/255928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}