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Just to remind our media partners, there are other exercises where not all of our Philippine assets are required to,

but those questions are basically for the Palikatan exercises,

and our FOIC here would gladly answer those that is related to the Philippine Navy.

Nevertheless, these particular exercises will be announced and we'll be giving you some briefing on this one during that evening.

Thank you very much.

Priyam of PNA, please. Thank you.

Sir, craving your indulgence, will our brigade, the BRP Antonio Luna, be firing its C-STAR missiles towards that BRP Calareado looking to sink in the exercise?

No, it's not Antonio Luna, it's Jose Rizal.

So the ship will be firing its missiles over the target?

Yes.

Are you confirming that, sir?

Yes.

It will be firing a C-STAR missile?

For the very first time?

The statement of the AFP PAO is the same for this activity.

There will be appropriate announcements for that.

Thank you.

Palikatan is Balikatan.

That's why there's the phrase craving your indulgence.

Talagang, you really made it.

The ECR question actually was answered by Director N. PAO.

Now they're preparing the hard questions for you.

Okay.

But that is supposed to be related to the Philippines.

Those questions can be answered in our Balikatan updates later on.

And I think the members of the BCG will be updated for this one.

Thank you very much.

Lady Caballani was first raising the hand.

Daily Tribute.

Good afternoon, sir.

Going back to the RPK Caliraya, can you tell us the background of the ship?

For the record.

Background.

Background.

How long has it been like that, sir?

How long has it been like that?

Background only, sir, of the ship.

How long has it been like that?

No, no.

This is an old tanker.

We commissioned it in the Navy several years ago

to support the conduct of our naval operations.

It's an old tanker.

But because we can no longer, we found it appropriate to decommission it,

so as not to incur so much expenses on repair and maintenance.

And we reserved it for exercises such as Balikatan,

so that we can have a target for our firing.

Sir, a box ng edad ng barko, may mga 50 years na ba?

Yes, more or less.

More or less 50 years.

I think that's Zon Valester of IP-13, sir.

Next to throw the question is Victor Reyes of Malaya.

Sir, can you tell us about the number of floating assets na nilay?

How much more, how many more ships do we need to better protect yung territory natin?

And how much more, how many more ships do we need to better protect yung territory natin?

We are currently evaluating our programs, our projections,

with the recent adoption of the comprehensive archipelagic defense concept

and the need to extend up to our exclusive economic zone.

For sure, it will affect the desired force mix that we have to maintain in the fleet.

And that is something that is the subject of discussion.

So, continuing work and current studies by our staff.

Our floating assets, we have slightly less than 100 at present.

Yes, yes.

That's why in our modernization program, we plan for the acquisition of more platforms and more systems.

Yes, yes.

The force mix, the final list of the force mix shall be dependent on the output of workshop to be conducted by our staff.

Thank you very much, Victor.

Our next question to be posed by Fabina Asito of Manila-Simbol.

Hi, sir. Good afternoon.

Sir, have we discussed the official security assistance?

Yes, we have heard about that.

And we are fortunate because we are one of the first beneficiaries of the OSA.

Any updates, sir, on our requests under the OSA?

They have made statement that they will help us in our efforts

to increase the range of...

of our maritime domain awareness capability.

And we are very optimistic that their commitment shall be complied with.

Can you name any specific assets that were mentioned during the discussion?

I've heard about...

They mentioned about radars.

How about ships?

There are no discussions on that.

Timeline, sir? Do we have any timeline?

It's difficult to put a timeline because we are also dependent on their pronouncements.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you very much.

Any last questions to be posted coming from the members of the EPC?

I think everybody is satisfied of all the answers.

All updates on the Palikatan will be later on discussed.

Thank you very much, sir, for your presence.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

As an aside,

off-cam, we can show to you a video clip of the latest missile non-line-of-sight firing we had a few weeks ago,

if you're interested.

Off-cam.

Off-cam.

Yeah.

Just to apprise you of the progress that we're making in our modernization efforts.

Sir, thank you very much for the time. Now, may we request that's going to be off-cam for this particular aspect and then we will be viewing the video that is to be presented by the Headquarters of the Philippine Navy.

May we request there will be no particular photos and videos on this particular aspect and Commodore Trinidad will give you some background or some explanation on what you are about to view.

The Spike Non-Line of Sight Missile is a fire and forget missile compared to the Spike ER Extended Range.

It is not any more wire-guided. It flies in its own. It could be controlled while in flight and it is over the horizon.

So, it's a great leap forward for the Philippine Navy in terms of our capability development.

So, let's sit back, relax and watch a movie.

Thank you.