{"id":95715,"date":"2017-03-27T22:51:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T02:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95715"},"modified":"2017-03-27T22:51:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T02:51:29","slug":"2-pn-mpacs-with-missile-armament-provisions-to-arrive-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/27\/2-pn-mpacs-with-missile-armament-provisions-to-arrive-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"2 PN MPACs with missile armament provisions to arrive soon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“These two MPACs will be delivered by this third quarter and will have provisions for missile armament,” he added in Filipino. (Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2013Two of the multi-purpose assault craft (MPAC), with provisions for missile armament, will be delivered by the third quarter of this year.<\/p>\n

This was confirmed by PN spokesperson Capt. Lued Lincuna in an interview with the Philippine News Agency Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“These two MPACs will be delivered by this third quarter and will have provisions for missile armament,” he added in Filipino.<\/p>\n

These MPACs are the so-called Mark IIIs and far more advanced and capable that the earlier ordered Mark Is and IIs currently in service.<\/p>\n

The PN is operating around six gun-armed MPACs as of this posting.<\/p>\n

They will be armed with the Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd’s Spike ER (extended range) in anti-ship mode.<\/p>\n

It is capable of penetrating 1,000 mm (39 inches) of rolled homogeneous armor and has a maximum range of five miles.<\/p>\n

The PN’s missile-armed MPACs, of which three are in the pipeline, has a budget of PHP270 million.<\/p>\n

The fund will be sourced from the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Act Trust Fund of 2000.<\/p>\n

The contract includes mission essential equipment.<\/p>\n

Mission essential equipment includes day\/night electronic navigation systems, communication suites, safety-of-life-at-sea, propulsion system and seamanship and ship-handling gears<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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