File photo of a strategic sealift vessel. (Photo: angmalaya.net)
Three frigates, three anti-submarine helicopters, and three strategic sealift vessels.
These are just some of the combat-ready vehicles the Philippine Navy is expecting to arrive next year as part of the armed forces modernization program under the Aquino administration.
Col. Edgard Arevalo, spokesman of the Philippine Navy, said the arrival of the ships and helicopters will contribute greatly to enhance the navy’s patrol capability.
Aside from patrolling our shores, the strategic sealift vessels can easily transport a battalion of Marines or Army troopers to different locations of the archipelago, said Arevalo.
The sealift vessels, also known as landing platform docks, can also be used to transport relief goods, medical personnel and even vehicles, logistics and equipment for relief and rescue operations in places ravaged by calamities such as typhoons.
The anti-submarine helicopters can be loaded onto the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar and the BRP Artemio Ricarte to enhance the maritime forces guarding our territorial waters, particularly the islands in the West Philippine Sea, Arevalo added.
The Philippine Navy also plans to install a missile system in the Jacinto-class patrol ships PS 35 and PS 37.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/101761/more-ships-choppers-arriving-in-2015-to-enhance-ph-navy-capability
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