01 November 2021
Philippine Navy marks first firing of missile at a naval exercise
by Ridzwan Rahmat
The Philippine Navy has fired a missile at a naval exercise for the first time.
The milestone was achieved on 28 October when the service's eighth multipurpose attack craft (MPAC) with pennant number 489 fired a Spike-ER surface-to-surface missile. The weapon was deployed against a simulated floating target as part of the five-day Exercise ‘Pagsisikap' 2021.
It was conducted about 17.8 n miles southwest off Salkulakit Island. The missile successfully hit its target from a distance of about 4 km, said the Philippine Navy's Naval Forces Western Mindanao command in a statement on 30 October.
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The Philippine Navy has fired a missile at a naval exercise for the first time.
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