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Philippines enters the missile age

10th August 2018 - 13:00 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in London

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The Philippines fired a missile for the first time in its history from aboard a Multipurpose Assault Craft (MPAC) Mk 3 vessel on 9 August.

The missile on its maiden sea acceptance test was a Rafael Spike-ER, which was delivered to the Philippine Navy (PN) in April this year. The firing took place near Lamao Point on the Bataan Peninsula.

The missile flew from vessel BA-491 for approximately 6km before successfully striking the moored target ‘dead centre’. At the time, sea conditions involved more than 1m-high waves.

The explosion did not destroy the fabricated target, a reminder that the

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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