VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video DOES NOT show Philippines’ ‘newly-acquired’ submarine in Palawan
A YouTube channel claimed to show a video of the Philippines’ first-ever nuclear submarine. This is false. The Spanish Navy owns the submarine in the clip.
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A YouTube channel claimed to show a video of the Philippines’ first-ever nuclear submarine. This is false. The Spanish Navy owns the submarine in the clip.
A YouTube channel posted a video of a submarine in a shipyard and claimed it was Philippine-made. This is false. Shown in the clip is a naval vessel built by an American shipbuilding company.
A YouTube video claimed the Philippines’ first nuclear submarine has arrived. This is not true. The Philippines has not acquired any submarine recently.