00:00As part of this year's Balikatan Exercises, the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the AFP reported that the decommissioned World War II era corvette once considered the most decorated warship in the Philippine Navy.
00:14The old BRP Miguel Malvar is set to be used as a target and sunk during the joint military drills.
00:21The vessel, originally a United States Navy ship from the 1940s, also served under the Republic of Vietnam Navy before it was turned over to the Philippine Navy in the 1970s.
00:34The Philippine Navy admitted that it is saddened by the decision to make the old BRP Miguel Malvar a target in the exercise given the vessel's reach and storied history.
00:45However, the Navy also considers the move symbolic, representing the modernization and evolving capabilities of the country's naval forces.
