2 new gunboats to bolster WPS patrols

by Catherine S. Valente - Franco Jose C. Baroña

May 27, 2023 12:54 am

(UPDATE) THE two newly commissioned gunboats of the Philippine Navy will be deployed to the West Philippine Sea as the government shifts its focus 'more towards external defense of our borders,' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday.

The President witnessed the commissioning of the two Israeli-made fast attack interdiction craft (FAIC) during ceremonies in Manila marking the Navy's 125th anniversary.

SEA ASSET President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. boards one of two new gunboats the Philippines has acquired from Israel and which, among others, will be part of naval patrol operations in the West Philippine Sea. Marcos commissioned the BRP Gener Tinangag and BRP Domingo Deluana on Friday, May 26, 2023, the 125th anniversary of the Philippine Navy. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

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