If the transfer is successful the
corvette will be the second ship donated
to the philippines by south korea. Pohang Class Aviation II Corvettes have
the capability to support anti-submarine
warfare missions. A group of philippine military and
defense officials also went to south
korea earlier this month to inspect
anti-submarine rocket and warship
systems used by south korea's armed
forces. In addition to rocket systems and
military ships manila is likely to
receive additional equipment and
ammunition ROK. ROKS's anong PCC-771 is a Pohang class corvette of the republic of
korea navy.
The Pohang Class is a series of
corvettes built by various korean
shipbuilding companies. This class consists of 24 ships and some
after decommissioning or sold or given
to other countries. There are five different design types in
the class from flight 2 to flight 6.
if the transfer is successful it will be
the second philippine vessel donated by
south korea which two years ago handed
over the former Pohan Roks Changju Class Corvette PCC-762 now called BRP Conrado Yap (PS-39).
According to a report by enquirer.net
manila and sole security ties have
developed over the years after being
strengthened by the deployment of
filipino troops during the korean war in
the 1950s. South korea has become a major source of
military hardware for the philippines, from military trucks to light combat
aircraft.
Last year Hyundai Heavy Industries
delivered two resale class frigates to
the philippine navy worth p16 billion. South Korean company Hanwa Systems a
supplier of combat management systems
for the result class warships, is also
responsible for upgrading the navy's
dell pilar class ships. Hanwa promised in 2019 two years ago to
donate a simulator training center to
the navy.
The department of national defense is
expected to issue an award notification
to HHI in the coming weeks. Once the
special appropriations release order is
approved by the department of budget and
management. The donations come ahead of
an anticipated big ticket procurement
for a new pair of corvettes from south
korea's HHI for p28 billion a plan that
has been announced since 2019, but faced
setbacks due to budget constraints and
the pandemic has also seen plans reset.
HHI has been declared a single
responsive offer for the navy's corvette
acquisition project. These ships are expected to be more
advanced than the resale class warships
which were also built by HHI. The philippine navy plans to acquire two
additional pohang class corvettes. The philippine navy is reportedly
planning to purchase two additional
pohan class corvettes from the republic
of korea navy. The philippine navy is reportedly
planning to purchase two additional
pohan class corvettes from the republic
of korea navy. The proposed acquisition of the vessel
will add to the korean navy's recent
procurement of the former pohan class
corvettes.
Acting PN spokesman captain Henry Quinto
was quoted by the philippine news agency as saying yes PN is looking and
hoping for two more pohang ships to
ensure that we have at least three ships
in its class and that was clear in a
message delivered by the deputy admiral
flag officer, Robert Empedrad and
secretary of national defense Delfin Lorenzana himself.
The former korean navy corvette entered
service in may 1987 and arrived in the
philippines in 2021. the ship was assigned to the pn as BRP Conrado Yap (PAS-39) at Jinhi naval base in Chonghuang city, south korea on august
5th a few months ago. Conrado Yap will also be used to address
surface and air threats. The ship can accommodate 118 personnel
and can carry out operations for 20 days.
Quinto added that if an agreement was
reached one of the new vessels would be
dedicated to patrol duties and the
second would undergo training with its
crew. The Pohan Class Aviation II corvettes
have the capability to support Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) missions. The corvette has two automolara 76
millimeters automatic guns and two 40
millimeters odo brada light guns. The ship is also equipped with two
triple torpedo tubes, radar and sonar. In may the philippines acquired two
augusta westland aw159 anti-submarine
helicopters to secure ASW capability.
