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| US Navy SH-3H Sea King helicopter lowers a dipping sonar during a training mission. (In Public Domain) |
Zambo Times reports that the Philippine government is in the market for an Anti Submarine Warfare Helicopters (ASW) and plans to acquire them between 2013 - 2017. An ASW capable helicopters are choppers that can hunt submarines and lead other air or sea craft to it and in some cases can even attack the submarine itself.
Citing a military ranking officer, the report says, that the move was part of the military efforts to improve Philippine Naval Services and is included in the government's medium term defense acquisition list for the next four years.
The ASW Helicopters when acquired, will be assigned to the two Gregorio Del Pilar Class Frigates and to the two "Maestrale" class missile frigates from Italy that the DND is eyeing to acquire by 2013.
Source:
1. Zambo Times - retrived on August 21, 2012
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