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| A Scale Model of a C-Star Missile, Photo by rhk111 from Wikipedia Commons |
In December 2020, the Philippine Navy (PN) announced the delivery schedules of the Missiles for its new Jose Rizal class Frigates, which will be October 2021 for its Mistral 3 Surface to Air Missiles (SAM) and March 2022 for its C-Star Anti-Ship Missiles (AShM).1
The Mistral 3 will be the first ever SAM to enter service on the Vessels of the PN while the C-Star will be their first purpose built AShM ever. The PN already started using earlier the Spike Extended Range (ER) Missiles on their Multi-Purpose Assault Craft (MPAC) Mk III as their very first Missile system ever to enter service,2 but those are smaller, multi-purpose type of Missile.
