THE country’s second modern warship, the BRP Ramon Alcaraz, will become the Philippine Navy’s primary workhorse in securing the country’s 200-mile exclusive economic zone that includes parts of the disputed Spratlys in the West Philippine Sea.

Navy spokesman Lt. Comdr. Gregorio Geral Fabic on Sunday said that the Alcaraz, a weather high endurance cutter, would be better equipped and more capable than the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a ship of similar class.

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