00:00Plano ng Armed Forces of the Philippines na bumili ng dalawang diesel-electric type submarine bilang bahagi ng modernisasyon.
00:07Ayon kay AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Browner Jr.,
00:11mahalaga ang dalawang submarine, lalot napapalibutan ng dagat ang Pilipinas.
00:16Ang minado si General Browner na hindi pa ito sapat, lalot may mga binabayaran din na multi-year contracts
00:22sa mga naunang binili na kagamitan.
00:25Pero ginagawa na yan ang paraan para magkaroon ng karagdagang pondo sa tulong ng local at foreign financing.
00:32Ngayong taon, inaasahan ang delivery ng dalawang bagong corvette mula South Korea
00:36kabilang ang BRP Miguel Malvar na darating sa Marso.
00:40Mayroon ding bagong landing dock ships at alim na offshore patrol vessels.
00:46Hopefully, it's a dream for us to get at least two submarines.
00:53We are an archipelago and so we have to have this type of capability
00:59because it's really difficult to defend the entire archipelago without submarines.
