Philippines to receive first two Shaldag Mk. V fast attack crafts by September 2022

First Shaldag Mk V boat for the Philippine Navy prior to finalising. Photo c/o Inquirer.net.


he Philippine Navy (PN) is expected to receive the first two Shaldag Mk. V fast attack crafts it ordered from an Israeli shipbuilder by September 2022.

This was confirmed by a report by local media outlet Philippine Daily Inquirer, which r76eceived its information directly from the Philippine Navy.

The Philippine Navy ordered nine Shaldag Mk. V fast attack crafts from Israel Shipyards under a Government-to-Government (G2G) procurement process with the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

All boats will be armed with 30mm autocannon on a Typhoon remote controlled weapon station (RCWS) from Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., as well as 12.7mm and 7.62mm machine guns.

At least four boats would also be equipped with a Typhoon MLS-NLOS missile launcher that can fire the Spike NLOS surface-to-surface missile with an effective range of around 20 kilometers, and also made by Rafael. 

According to reports, five of the boats will be built by Israel Shipyards in their yard in Haifa, Israel, while four boats will be built by the Philippine Navy’s Cavite Naval Yard under a technology transfer agreement between the two parties.

Israel Shipyards is expected to deliver the rest of the boats in different batches that will span until 2025.

These Shaldag Mk. V boats will replace the Tomas Batilo-class fast attack crafts that were acquired second-hand from South Korea in the early 1990s. The Tomas Batilo-class are formerly Chamsuri-class patrol boats of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).





Philippines to receive first two Shaldag Mk. V fast attack crafts by September 2022 Philippines to receive first two Shaldag Mk. V fast attack crafts by September 2022 Reviewed by Asia Pacific Defense Journal on June 10, 2022 Rating: 5

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