{"id":36479,"date":"2014-12-26T18:14:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T10:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=36479"},"modified":"2014-12-26T18:14:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T10:14:57","slug":"pn-to-acquire-shoulder-launched-multi-purpose-weapons-for-marine-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/26\/pn-to-acquire-shoulder-launched-multi-purpose-weapons-for-marine-units\/","title":{"rendered":"PN to acquire &#8216;shoulder-launched multi-purpose weapons&#8217; for Marine units"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34728\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/relief-navy-ruby-hagupit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34728\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/relief-navy-ruby-hagupit.jpg\" alt=\"Repacked relief goods from the DSWD aboard Philippine Navy Vessel BRP Dagupan City (LC-551), for transport to LGUs hit by 'Ruby' (Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/relief-navy-ruby-hagupit.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/relief-navy-ruby-hagupit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/relief-navy-ruby-hagupit-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Repacked relief goods from the DSWD aboard Philippine Navy Vessel BRP Dagupan City (LC-551), for transport to LGUs hit by &#8216;Ruby&#8217; (Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Navy (PN) announced that it is acquiring &#8220;shoulder-launched multi-purpose assault weapons&#8221; (SMAW) to give its Marine units the capability to neutralize bunkers and lightly armored vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The SMAW (is) to fill the gaps of direct fire support weapons capabilities of the Marines against different bunkers, concrete walls, light armor and other hard and &#8216;soft&#8217; targets,&#8221; PN vice commander Rear Admiral Caesar Taccad said.<\/p>\n<p>The weapons will be issued to special Marine units who will accompany fellow Marines in possible encounters with heavily-armed or fortified adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>He added that SMAW is now undergoing evaluation and study by the Defense Acquisition System ad hoc committee.<\/p>\n<p>The weapon can be used for internal security and territorial defense operations.<\/p>\n<p>SMAW is defined as a &#8220;rocket weapon with a maximum range of 1,500 meters&#8221;, Taccad said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Navy (PN) announced that it is acquiring &#8220;shoulder-launched multi-purpose assault weapons&#8221; (SMAW) to give its Marine &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":34728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-f-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36479","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=36479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}