The Philippine Navy has expanded its fleet by adding two more missile boats, or quick attack interdiction vessels, to its arsenal.

Th? Phili??in? N?v? (PN) ???m?ll? c?mmissi?n?? int? s??vic? tw? m??? Is???li-m??? F?st Att?ck Int???icti?n C???ts – Missil? (FAIC-M) ???ts inc???sin? th? n?m??? ?? s?ch shi?s in its ?l??t t? ???? ?s it c?l????t?? its 125th ???n?in? ?nniv??s??? F?i???. Th? tw? n?wl?-?c??i??? Ac???-cl?ss ??t??l ??n???ts, which w??? c?nst??ct?? ?? Is???l Shi????? Lt? ?n? ?ls? kn?wn ?s th? Sh?l??? M??k V. BRP G?n?? Tin?n??? (PG-903) ?n? BRP D?min?? D?l??n? (PG-905), w??? ch?ist?n?? l?st M?? 8 ?t th? N?v?l Shi???il?in? F?cilit? Wh???, ?t F??t S?n F?li??, C?vit? Cit?. Th? shi?s w??? ??liv???? t? th? c??nt?? l?st A??il 11. Th? c?mmissi?nin? c???m?ni?s t??k ?l?c? ?t th? C?mm????? Divin? Pi?? ?t PN h???????t??s in N?v?l St?ti?n J?s? An?????, R?x?s B??l?v???, M?nil?.

“P??si??nt ?n? C?mm?n??? in Chi?? F???in?n? R. M??c?s J?. witn?ss?? th? ?ctivit?, which ???m?ll? ?ctiv?t?? th? tw? n?w c????l? ???ts ?s th? thi?? ?n? ????th c?m??n?nts ?? th? Ac???-cl?ss ??t??l ??n???ts ?? th? (Phili??in?) Fl??t’s Litt???l C?m??t F??c?. Th?s? v?ss?ls will s??n s?? ?cti?n ?nc? ???l???? t? vit?l ch?k? ??ints, m?j?? s?? lin?s ?? c?mm?nic?ti?n, ?n? litt???l ??m?ins ?? th? c??nt??. Th?s? 32-m?t?? l?n? ??n???ts will ???vi?? ????? m?scl? t? th? N?v?’s c????ilit? t? s?c??? th? s??s with th?i? ??ick int??c??t ??ilit?, ??m?t? st??iliz?? w????ns, ?n? sh??t-??n?? missil?s. th? ?ctiv?ti?n ?? tw? FAIC ?ls? kn?wn ?s th? ??st-?tt?ck int???icti?n c???t-missil? (FAIC)-Ms is ? st?? cl?s?? t? th? c?m?l?ti?n ?? th? nin?-???t c?nt??ct,” N?v? s??k?s???s?n C??t. B?nj? N????nz? s?i? in ? st?t?m?nt.

Th? n?m?s?k? ?? th?s? ?ss?ls ??? ??th m?m???s ?? th? Phili??in? M??in? C???s ?n? ?w?????s ?? th? M???l ?? V?l?? lik? th? ?i?st tw? FAIC-Ms wh? w??? c?mmissi?n?? int? s??vic? l?st N?v?m???. Th?s? FAIC-Ms ??? th? BRP N?st?? Ac??? (PG-901) ?n? BRP L?lin?t? T?-On?. F??? ?? th? FAIC-Ms will ?? ??m?? with n?n-lin?-??-si?ht (NLOS) missil?s with ?in??int ?cc???c? ?n? ? ??n?? ?? 25 kil?m?t??s whil? th? ?th?? ?iv? will ?? ??m?? with t??h??n-m??nt?? 30mm m?in c?nn?ns ?n? .50 c?li??? h??v? m?chin? ??ns. Th? ?c??isiti?n ?? th?s? FAIC-Ms is ?m?n? th? 2019 ???j?cts ?????v?? ?? ???m?? P??si??nt R???i?? D?t??t? ?n??? th? H??iz?n 2 List ?? th? AFP M????niz?ti?n P?????m. Th? n?tic? ?? ?w??? ??? th? FAIC-M ???j?ct, w??th ????n? PHP10 ?illi?n, w?s iss??? ?n J?n???? 5, 2021.

Nin? ?nits ?? Sh?l??? Mk V w??? ??????? in ? c?nt??ct si?n?? ?n F??????? 9, 2021 ?n??? th? N?v?’s F?st Att?ck Int???ict?? C???t-Missil? (FAIC-M) Ac??isiti?n P??j?ct. FAIC-M/SHALDAG MK5 v?ss?ls with ? ??ll?-int????t?? RAFAEL n?v?l c?m??t s?it? m?n???ct???? ?? Is???l Shi?????s Lt?. RAFAEL’s n?v?l c?m??t s?it?, which is v?l??? ?t h?n????s ?? milli?ns ?? ??ll??s, incl???s ? C?m??t M?n???m?nt S?st?m (CMS), T??h??n ?n? Mini-T??h??n R?m?t? O????tin? W????n S?st?ms, N?v?l S?ik? Missil?s, S??C?m Int??n?l ?n? ?xt??n?l C?mm?nic?ti?n S?st?m ?n? BNET T?ctic?l D?t? Link, ?s w?ll ?s t??inin?, s?????t ?n? m?int?n?nc? s??vic?s. Th? ?i?st tw? v?ss?ls h?v? ??liv???? in S??t?m??? 2022 ?n? c?mmissi?n?? ?n N?v?m??? 2022. Kn?wn l?c?ll? ?s th? N?st?? Ac???-cl?ss F?st Att?ck Int???icti?n C???ts.