Vietnamese frigate participates in ASEAN naval parade

Vietnam's frigate 015 Tran Hung Dao participates in a naval parade with warships of ASEAN countries in the waters off the Philippines.

The lineup participating in the ASEAN Naval Fleet Review (AFR) in the waters south of Subic Bay on May 11 included nine warships from Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and the host Philippines.

Frigate 015 Tran Hung Dao moved in formation at a speed of 10 nautical miles per hour. When passing the command ship BRP Davao del Sur carrying Philippine Defense Minister Carlito Galvez and naval commanders of participating countries, the Vietnamese warship sounded three long blasts on its horn and the crew shouted the slogan "cheers" in accordance with international practice.

Vietnamese frigate holds naval parade in Philippines

The crew of ship 015 Tran Hung Dao performed a salute to the command ship during a parade off the coast of the Philippines on May 11. Video : QĐND

Vietnam sent ship 015 Tran Hung Dao to participate in the parade in the Philippines to show support for international events, contributing to promoting cooperation with the Philippine Navy as well as ASEAN countries.

After the parade, ship 015 Tran Hung Dao docked at Subic naval base in the Philippines, preparing to participate in activities at the port and at sea within the framework of the 2nd ASEAN Multilateral Naval Exercise (AMNEX-2).

015 Tran Hung Dao, a Gepard Project 11661E missile frigate, was commissioned into Brigade 162 in February 2018. The ship is equipped with many modern weapons, manufactured by Russia under a contract signed with the Vietnam People's Navy, to build a regular naval force and improve the capacity to protect the country's sea and islands.

The crew of ship 015 Tran Hung Dao salutes the Philippine command ship during the parade on May 11. Photo: Navy Newspaper

Vietnam's Gepard-class frigates apply many stealth technologies, combining angular hulls and radar-absorbing paint to minimize radar reflection areas from enemy reconnaissance systems. The ship is also equipped with modern jamming and electronic warfare systems.

The main weapons of the Gepard 3.9-class missile frigate are eight 3M24E anti-ship missiles with a range of 130 km, an AK-176MA 76.2 mm naval gun, a Palma anti-aircraft gun-missile complex, two AK-630M close-in defense guns and a 14.5 mm machine gun. The 015 Tran Hung Dao is also equipped with four 533 mm torpedo tubes and carries a Ka-28 helicopter to increase the ability to detect and deal with enemy submarines.

Vu Anh (According to QĐND )

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