The Philippines and France are taking the first step towards establishing maritime defense cooperation. The initial step of this collaboration involves the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) between Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana and French Defense Minister Florence Parly in Paris, as reported by Bussines Mirorr. In the approved LOI, France will include Scorpene submarine offers to be evaluated in the Philippine Navy submarine project. In addition to France, there are two other countries which helped enliven the tender for the first Philippine Navy submarine namely Russia with the Kilo submarine and South Korea with the changbogo submarine.
According to Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana "the signing of this LOI shows our intention to acquire a Submarine but this is not a binding agreement. They (France) intend to sell this Scorpene submarine to us which we have offered beforehand ”
For information the Ministry of Defense sees the Philippines Navy is one of the dimensions that must be approved and modernized because the Philippines is currently discussing areas related to one of the countries in Asia. In addition to being reinforced with modern submarines, the Philippine Navy will also be strengthened by Jose Rizal Class frigates, Fast-guided ships, Lynx submarines and Tarlac Class tank transport (LPD) vessels.
In addition, the Philippine Army was also strengthened to strengthen the Coastal Defense (Coastal Defense) of the Philippines by strengthening the Indian-made Brahmos coastal missile system which has a mach 3 speed. With Brahmos ownership, it is expected that the Philippines will have a deterrent effect on its opponents.
Source : Militer.Meter.News.
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