South Korea is indeed
becoming a reliable military ally of the country.
It was recently announced that it will turn over to the Philippines a Pohang-class corvette this year. This according to Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.
It will be another addition to the Philippine Navy’s capability to conduct maritime patrols around its vast archipelago.
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| Recently-upgraded Pohang-class corvette ROKS Andong (PCC-771) (photo credit to owner) |
“It was contingent to our ordering two corvettes from them,”
Lorenzana said referring to the
recently signed P28 billion contract with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy
Industries (HHI) in December for the construction of two corvettes for the
Philippine Navy.
“So now that we have pushed through with the corvettes, we
expect the Pohang to be transferred to us soon,” he said.
Lorenzana said he hoped that the ship would be
delivered “before June 30,” the date President Rodrigo Duterte’s single
six-year term ends.
“There are things to be done by the Koreans such
as making repairs, removing equipment that are not included, making the ship
seaworthy, training the crew. Then the papers,” he said.
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| (photo credit to owner) |
It was reported in Inquirer that a Philippine Navy delegation
conducted a joint visual inspection in South Korea in November last year for
the potential transfer of decommissioned Pohang-class corvette ROKS Andong
(PCC-771), which served the Republic of Korea Navy for 32 years.
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| (photo credit to owner) |
This would be the second Pohang-class corvette
from Seoul. In 2019, South Korea donated ROKS Chungju (PCC-762), now called BRP
Conrado Yap (PS-39).
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