MANILA, Philippines - Amid regional debate in the South China Sea, the administration is searching at French frigates for the Philippine Navy's utilization.
Maritime authorities were given a tour yesterday of the French Navy's observation frigate Prairial – a 93.5-meter ship with both military and citizen attributes, making it perfect for different purposes including catastrophe easing and other helpful missions, operations against robbery and global pill trafficking, and regional watch.
The Prairial is one of two French warships sent in the Pacific – one in Tahiti and the other in New Caledonia. Prairial Commander Frederic Daumas said at a gathering on the boat the previous evening that the frigate, with 93 crewmembers, has performed well in different climate conditions including storms since being dispatched in May 1992, and might keep going a lot of people more years. The Prairial is outfitted with 20 mm and 100 mm firearms and Exocet surface-to-air rockets, and conveys a transport make, three watercrafts and one Alouette III helicopter.
A data sheet on the frigate states: "Their fundamental obligation is to watch abroad oceanic zones over which France executes its sway. In peace time, they implement navigational police, control fishery and secure exchange movement." Daumas said his group might direct joint activities with the Philippine Navy tomorrow in Manila Bay before the frigate leaves for Hong Kong.
The Prairial, which arrived Monday from Guam for its seventh port bring in Manila, is on the fourth month of a seven-month sending. It will additionally visit China, Japan and South Korea before coming back to Tahiti. A few months prior, the Philippine government acknowledged obtaining coast watchman watch watercrafts from France, yet the arrangement did not push thro
Maritime authorities were given a tour yesterday of the French Navy's observation frigate Prairial – a 93.5-meter ship with both military and citizen attributes, making it perfect for different purposes including catastrophe easing and other helpful missions, operations against robbery and global pill trafficking, and regional watch.
The Prairial is one of two French warships sent in the Pacific – one in Tahiti and the other in New Caledonia. Prairial Commander Frederic Daumas said at a gathering on the boat the previous evening that the frigate, with 93 crewmembers, has performed well in different climate conditions including storms since being dispatched in May 1992, and might keep going a lot of people more years. The Prairial is outfitted with 20 mm and 100 mm firearms and Exocet surface-to-air rockets, and conveys a transport make, three watercrafts and one Alouette III helicopter.
A data sheet on the frigate states: "Their fundamental obligation is to watch abroad oceanic zones over which France executes its sway. In peace time, they implement navigational police, control fishery and secure exchange movement." Daumas said his group might direct joint activities with the Philippine Navy tomorrow in Manila Bay before the frigate leaves for Hong Kong.
The Prairial, which arrived Monday from Guam for its seventh port bring in Manila, is on the fourth month of a seven-month sending. It will additionally visit China, Japan and South Korea before coming back to Tahiti. A few months prior, the Philippine government acknowledged obtaining coast watchman watch watercrafts from France, yet the arrangement did not push thro
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