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PH Navy's 'most powerful warship' to patrol waters off Sulu

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RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/11/04/1.jpg"/><figcaption>RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>ZAMBOANGA CITY—The Philippine Navy&#x27;s “<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/08/20/19/look-ph-navys-most-powerful-ship-brp-conrado-yap-arrives-at-last" target="_blank">most powerful warship</a>” will be deployed off Sulu to to guard the southern maritime boundary of the country, a military official said Monday. BRP Conrado Yap docked in Zamboanga City as part of its routine visit to key cities in the country.&quot;It will enhance our security posture here in Sulu sea in securing the maritime domain. We can really observe what is happening around us with the radar and everything, so it’s a big deterrent for the lawless elements na gumagawa ng hostilities dito sa ating rehiyon,&quot; said Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of Western Mindanao Command.BRP Conrado Yap was a former warship of South Korea decommissioned on Dec. 2016 after almost 30 years in service. It was a Pohang Class Patrol Combat Corvette used by the Korean Navy during the late Cold war and post-Cold war period.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/11/04/2.jpg"/><figcaption>RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>BRP Conrado Yap is equipped with two 76 millimeter and 40 millimeter guns used for anti-surface and anti-air warfare.It is the only ship of the Philippine Navy that has an anti-submarine warfare capability, fully equipped with sonar and torpedo launchers.Sobejana said the newly refurbished ship could also be used for anti-smuggling operations in Basilan-Sulu-Tawi-tawi (BASULTA) areas, as well as in Western Mindanao.&quot;It plays a multi-role, anti-terrorism, anti-piracy, anti-smuggling, anti-human trafficking and everything na puwedeng mangyaring krimen dito sa ating territorial waters,&quot; he said.

ZAMBOANGA CITY—The Philippine Navy's “most powerful ship” will be deployed off Sulu to to guard the southern maritime boundary of the country, a military official said Monday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY—The Philippine Navy's “most powerful ship” will be deployed off Sulu to to guard the southern maritime boundary of the country, a military official said Monday.

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PH Navy's 'most powerful warship' to patrol waters off Sulu

RJ Rosalado,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 05, 2019 03:00 AM PHT

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Updated November 05, 2019 04:46 AM PHT

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