13.10.2021, 08:41
Zitat:Philippine Navy receives Mistral 3 SAMs for new frigateshttps://www.janes.com/defence-news/weapo...w-frigates
Philippine media reported on 11 October that the Philippine Navy (PN) has received an undisclosed number of Mistral 3 short-range surface-to-air-missiles (SAMs) from MBDA to arm its two recently acquired Jose Rizal-class guided-missile frigates.
The state-owned Philippine News Agency (PNA) quoted Colonel Ramon Zagala, a spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), as saying that “the Mistral 3 SAMs will be fitted on BRP Jose Rizal (FF 150) and BRP Antonio Luna (FF 151) and will give the Philippine Navy a much needed defensive capability against hostile air targets”. This missile system is a “cost-effective and a reliable addition to a layered defence system”, he noted, while the PNA pointed out that the procurement of the Mistral 3s is part of the PN's Frigate Acquisition Project Lot 2B.
Schneemann