Since the namesake of the class is already with the PN, the transfer of the two (both of which are currently in Qatar) would be relatively seamless.

This piece also delved deeper into the shipbuilder itself, and the author’s postulations coincide with the PH-JP-US cooperative framework of boosting the Philippines’ capabilities (by extension there’s also the SK-PH one).

As it stands though, South Korea is still the primary mover of new PN ships, while Japan is mostly on the PCG. The US is helping by immediate “addition” with the transfer of their older ships like in this case.

I created my account sa latte.isnot.coffee and wala namang mga ganyang tanong, although its 2nd biggest community is China (1st one is Coffee)

I had a roundabout way of getting here. Used a different server to create an account (kasi stuck sa loading yung sa lemmy.world), logged in there, searched for philippines in the All tab for communities, before subscribing LOL