Israel Shipyards, one of the largest shipbuilding and repair facilities in the eastern Mediterranean, has reportedly offered its Sa’ar S-72 to Philippines. A computer generated image (CGI) of the said vessel was uploaded in Max Defense social networking page.
According to Max Defense, a variant of Sa’ar S-72, not the corvette-class, was offered to fulfill the Philippine Navy’s needs in its Multi-Purpose Patrol Vessel project.
Max Defense added that the proposal by Israel Shipyards was submitted personally to President Rodrigo Duterte and National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana “several weeks ago.”
“Its weapons and radar fit were reportedly based on the specs provided by the PN, but has the option to be improved and uparmed depending on the PN’s decision,” Max Defense said.
Max Defense also noted that President Duterte recently followed up on the offers made by Israeli firms, “wherein he verbally approved for implementation and would like to see them delivered as soon as possible.”
Philippine Navy Multi-Purpose Patrol Vessel project, according to Max Defense’s blog, was created to replace the Littoral Patrol Interdiction Craft (LPIC) project in Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program Horizon 2 Phase which will be starting 2018 until 2022.
Quantity of Philippine Navy Multi-Purpose Patrol Vessels will be around 6 to 9.
Max Defense Philippines, is being managed by Max Montero, an Australia-based defense analyst and a former naval reservist officer in the Philippine Navy. A social networking page and site are being maintained at Facebook.com/Maxdefense and MaxDefense.blogspot.com, respectively.
Exclusive @ MaxDefense: This is the computer generated image (CGI) of the Sa'ar S-72, shared exclusively to MaxDefense. The variant being offered to the Philippine Navy is not the corvette version, but is to fulfil a requirement for Multipurpose Patrol Vessels, as previously discussed in our latest blog last month. This CGI was said to taken directly from the offer made by Israel Shipyards submitted personally to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte and Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana several weeks ago.
Its weapons and radar fit were reportedly based on the specs provided by the PN, but has the option to be improved and uparmed depending on the PN's decision.
According to our latest information, Pres. Duterte this week personally made a follow-up of all the Israeli offers presented to him last August, wherein he verbally approved for implementation and would like to see them delivered as soon as possible.
https://www.facebook.com/Maxdefense/photos/a.119059604931372.1073741828.117625771741422/474759242694738/?type=3&theaterIts weapons and radar fit were reportedly based on the specs provided by the PN, but has the option to be improved and uparmed depending on the PN's decision.
According to our latest information, Pres. Duterte this week personally made a follow-up of all the Israeli offers presented to him last August, wherein he verbally approved for implementation and would like to see them delivered as soon as possible.
http://www.update.ph/2016/12/israeli-shipbuilder-offers-this-warship-to-philippine-navy/12100
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