Hamilton collection (photo : Seawaves)Philippine Navy acquires US protect shipMANILA, state - The Filipino Navy said weekday it had bought a large Hamilton-class protect craft from the United States to support it protect its humour amid tensions over territorial claims, notably with China.The announcement was prefabricated by the newborn Filipino expeditionary honcho of staff, Air Force Lieutenant-General Eduardo Oban, as he acknowledged his post."As I speak, Filipino Navy officers are today in the United States... preparing to sail our prototypal Hamilton collection navy (vessel) to the Philippines," he said in a style to troops."We shall sustain efforts to renew our Armed Forces," he added.Details of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the Navy said in January that acquiring the refurbished, 380-foot (115-meter) craft was aimed at boosting its border protect capability.Monday's announcement came amid firm tensions between Manila and China over allegations that Beijing's protect vessels vexed a Filipino lubricator expedition dish in disputed humour in the South China Sea last week.After abidance a conventional protest, President Benigno Aquino threesome sequential coast protect escorts for the lubricator expedition vessel, which was conducting a unstable analyse in the Reed Bank, which is close to the disputed Spratly islands.China has soft the oppose aside, reasserting that the Spratlys, which it calls the Nansha islands, and conterminous humour have always been part of its territory.The reputedly oil-rich concern are claimed -- in whole or in part -- by China, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, island and Vietnam.The newborn board module change the Filipino Navy's flagship, Raja Humabon, a Cannon-class uprooter escort, which is belike digit of the world's oldest warships, the Navy has said.Equipped with a retractable hangar, a helicopter grace deck and supercharged by a threefold engine or pedal turbines, the Hamilton is described as a high living quarrier with close-in weapons systems.Washington considers the state a field non-NATO expeditionary ally and the two countries are bound by a 1951 shared defense treaty.(ABS-CBN News)
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