French submarine ‘fits’ Philippine Navy’s requirement

French submarine ‘fits’ Philippine Navy’s requirement

The French-made diesel-electric submersible, the Scorpène, is very ideal for the Philippine Navy’s submarine requirement, PN flag-officer-in-command, Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad said Wednesday.

This is because the proposal of the company building the submarine fits the requirement of the PN due to its stealthy design, and good weapon and sonar capabilities.

While these characteristics are also found in comparable submarines like Russia’s Kilo-class, Empedrad said the Russian model is very large and expensive for the PN to acquire and operate.
“We are continuously studying this and then hopefully we finalized what is our preference and then the budget will come out so we can bid it,” the PN chief emphasized in an interview with reporters.

It is also possible that the project will be funded through government-to-government procurement, Empedrad stressed.

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