{"id":97871,"date":"2017-04-11T01:16:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T05:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97871"},"modified":"2017-04-11T01:16:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T05:16:49","slug":"phls-first-2-missile-armed-mpacs-now-undergoing-construction-in-subic-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/11\/phls-first-2-missile-armed-mpacs-now-undergoing-construction-in-subic-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL’s first 2 missile-armed MPACs now undergoing construction in Subic Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Construction of the country’s first ever MPACs, with missile armament provisions, is now undergoing at the Propmech Corporation shipyard in Subic Bay, Zambales. (Photo: The Disputed West Philippine Sea\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Construction of the country’s first ever MPACs, with missile armament provisions, is now undergoing at the Propmech Corporation shipyard in Subic Bay, Zambales.<\/p>\n

MPAC is short for multi-purpose assault craft, a small, manueverable and highly fast naval vessels.<\/p>\n

This was confirmed by Defense public affairs office chief Arsenio Andolong in an interview with the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“They are now being constructed at the Propmech Corporation facility in Subic Bay but we don’t yet the timelines for the sea trials,” he added.<\/p>\n

Andolong said the missile armaments and other weapons of the MPACs will be fitted at a later time.<\/p>\n

The Philippine Navy (PN) earlier said that these MPACs will be delivered by the third quarter of this year.<\/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 money 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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