Interoperability to Nothing?
Up until now, the Philippine Navy is way far behind its south-east Asian counterpart in as far as naval assets are concerned. Currently, it is merely operating three Ex-US coastguard cutters armed with 76 mm cannons and two cargo vessels from Indonesia which were recently added to handle its transport needs, it goes without saying, that the Philippine Navy is unarmed and ill-equipped by world standard. What does that mean? It means, and barring political reasons, no matter what it does, at its present and near future state, it will not be able to fulfill its constitutional mandate, of protecting the Philippine sovereign territory and its sovereign rights. Although two frigates are under construction at the behest of the Philippine's Department of National Defense, its specifications, particularly its weapons payload will make it just a bit more threatening than the Ex-US coastguard cutters, but not enough to instill fear in the heart of any foreign adversary. It will be lightly ar