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There’s always going to be somebody asking why we don’t build our frigates/LPD’s locally. The person is either curious and is a greenhorn to defense and naval warfare and architecture, or just too full of peenoise pride.
The opening statement of most of these people is mostly the ridiculous “Philippines is the 4th Largest Shipbuilder in the World” then they follow that up with why not use Pinoy innovation and resourcefulness to design warships, then they say its cheaper and back it up with ridiculous bullsh*t explanations.
The opening statement of most of these people is mostly the ridiculous “Philippines is the 4th Largest Shipbuilder in the World” then they follow that up with why not use Pinoy innovation and resourcefulness to design warships, then they say its cheaper and back it up with ridiculous bullsh*t explanations.
First of all, the “4th Largest Shipbuilder” thingy is not exactly, completely true. We are 4th largest in terms of GROSS ORDERS in tonnage. However, almost half of these orders are never completed as they are overrun by delays. If not overrun by delays as the yards are all tied up, it’s either due to a lack of steel or engines. None of which we produce locally.
So yes, while we build hulls, we import the steel and engines from all places, China.
Now why the hell would China export steel to us if they knew it was being used to build warships to be used against them?
It would be prudent to discuss why building warships locally is near-impossible. The lack of steel.
You need steel to build warships. Not just any steel. Marine-grade steel that’s certified as military-grade. We can’t even produce civilian spec steel, how much more military spec?
So yes, while we build hulls, we import the steel and engines from all places, China.
Now why the hell would China export steel to us if they knew it was being used to build warships to be used against them?
It would be prudent to discuss why building warships locally is near-impossible. The lack of steel.
You need steel to build warships. Not just any steel. Marine-grade steel that’s certified as military-grade. We can’t even produce civilian spec steel, how much more military spec?
The most important aspect of ship or warship building is steel production. We do not have adequate facilities in the PH to produce steel for our shipbuilding industry and cheap steel is imported from of all places, China. If we can’t even make steel, how much more warships?
Another thing crucial to ship or warship building is engines. Most of the engines we use for our local shipbuilding industry are also imported, from all, places, friggin’ China.
So two of the most important things you need to build a warship are already unpresent in the PH. What next?
Next is design. We have dozens of shipbuilders here in the Philippines. But only one has actually built a warship and has a design for a warship in its portfolio.
That company is the Australian company Austal. And there’s one little probem with the design they have in their portfolio…
The design for a warship that Austal has in its portfolio is the Independence class LCS. The thing about the Independence is, that while it uses a very stealthy and fast design, it is overpriced (or ridiculously expensive to be more optimistic and positive), underarmed (nearly toothless to be frank, the base design doesn’t even meet the PN frigate specifications yet already costs more than twice the budget the DND has allocated), and is a ridiculous gas guzzler.
Another thing crucial to ship or warship building is engines. Most of the engines we use for our local shipbuilding industry are also imported, from all, places, friggin’ China.
So two of the most important things you need to build a warship are already unpresent in the PH. What next?
Next is design. We have dozens of shipbuilders here in the Philippines. But only one has actually built a warship and has a design for a warship in its portfolio.
That company is the Australian company Austal. And there’s one little probem with the design they have in their portfolio…
The design for a warship that Austal has in its portfolio is the Independence class LCS. The thing about the Independence is, that while it uses a very stealthy and fast design, it is overpriced (or ridiculously expensive to be more optimistic and positive), underarmed (nearly toothless to be frank, the base design doesn’t even meet the PN frigate specifications yet already costs more than twice the budget the DND has allocated), and is a ridiculous gas guzzler.
The sole warship Austal has in its portfolio, the Independence-class littoral combat ship. This ship is overpriced for us, underarmed, and is a gas guzzler, making it unideal for the PN on all three fronts.
Oh and the fact that Austal’s shipyard in Cebu at only 80m long is too short to build the Independence or any of its variants being offered.
Transfers of technology to help us with design?
This seems the most probable and realistic way to get a design that we can build locally. Transfer of technology or ToT.
Transfer of technology for navy ships works like this. A country i.e. Indonesia or Singapore contracts a company i.e. Damen or DCNS to build a frigate class for them, however, to provide jobs back home and to take pride in building warships locally, the deal works like this, the company sells them the design along with the first delivery of the ship/s in the class. So now, the TNI or the SAF owns the blueprints for the design to their frigate, and they make the rest locally.
Oh and the fact that Austal’s shipyard in Cebu at only 80m long is too short to build the Independence or any of its variants being offered.
Transfers of technology to help us with design?
This seems the most probable and realistic way to get a design that we can build locally. Transfer of technology or ToT.
Transfer of technology for navy ships works like this. A country i.e. Indonesia or Singapore contracts a company i.e. Damen or DCNS to build a frigate class for them, however, to provide jobs back home and to take pride in building warships locally, the deal works like this, the company sells them the design along with the first delivery of the ship/s in the class. So now, the TNI or the SAF owns the blueprints for the design to their frigate, and they make the rest locally.
Source: romeo1tangosmilitaryanddefenseblog.wordpress.com
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