MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Navy’s second brand new frigate, the future BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151), will be heading home soon after completing sea acceptance trials off the coast of Ulsan, South Korea.
The week-long trials involved warfare capability demonstrations for the 2,600-ton warship.
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The frigate, according to Rear Admiral Alberto Carlos, “is 95 percent complete at this time.”
Carlos, head of the Philippine Navy’s technical inspection and acceptance committee (TIAC), said “all machineries and combat systems were subjected to test procedures as stipulated in the contract.” These were “observed to be…
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