An missile-armed plane of PAF. (AFPWR image) THE Philippine Navy (PN) is seeking P7 billion to fund the development of a storage site for purchased missiles and torpedoes to be delivered next year.
“We need a lot of budget to fund our programs like base support development, one of our bases in Sangley (Cavite City), we need around P11 million for its renovation. These cost millions and we need storage for our missiles and torpedoes and the study that we made shows that developing these sites requires P7 billion. So we need a lot of funds to support the upgrade of our capabilities,” Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad, said in a recent interview with the military-run DWDD.
Some of the possible missiles and torpedoes sites for the PN includes Caballo Island near Corregidor in Manila Bay, Subic Bay in Zambales, and Cebu.
The PN is expected to receive its first two anti-submarine helicopters, which are armed with torpedoes and missiles, by 2019. Its first modern frigate, which is capable of neutralizing air, surface and sub-surface threats, would be delivered by 2020 and the second by 2021.
Empedrad stressed that equipment modernization should be parallel with the upgrade of personnel, who will be tasked to man and operate it.
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“Technical ang kailangan (We need technical people) so we want engineers, we want computer experts and we want people who can operate and maintain weapon system na first time lang tayo magkakaroon ng ganito katulad ng (which we acquired for the first time such as) surface-to-air missile, torpedoes,” he said.
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