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Thursday, July 10, 2014

PN shopping for 2 anti-submarine choppers

AW109The Philippines Navy is shopping around for two anti-submarine helicopters it intends to purchase before 2020.

The Department of National Defense released the detailed technical specifications for the P5.4-billion Anti-Submarine Helicopter Acquisition Project, part of the Medium Term Development Capability Plan 2013-2017 of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

The acquisition of the missile and torpedo armed helicopters has become a priority after China recently deployed three Type 094 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines to Hainan Island, its main military base in the South China Sea.

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