VERA Files previously debunked other false claims spread by this channel, most recently a video about a Philippine-made fighter jet. 15, 2019) uploaded the video that has 11,510 views as of writing. YouTube channel Ella Vloggs (created on Feb. He said there are offers from different countries not only to provide these vessels but to also build them in the country. The false video was posted a day after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos spokeĪbout plans to acquire the Philippines’ first-ever submarine. USS Indiana’s construction began in 2012 and it was delivered to the U.S. These clips were mirrored in the false post. HII’s YouTube channel uploaded the original clips on Jshowing the rollout and launch of the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine. The submarine in the video is the USS Indiana (SSN 789), manufactured by Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), known as America’s largest military shipbuilding company headquartered in Virginia. It also carried texts further claiming that the watercraft is almost “finished” and that the company that built it will “sell it to the Philippine Navy.” The video contains clips of a submarine in a shipyard, along with machines and men moving around the facility. It also carried a text with the erroneous claim. Its thumbnail bore a “breaking news” tag and featured a submarine with the “Philippines” label and a flag added. “ MAPAPABILIB KA PILIPINAS WAR SUBMARINE GINAWA NG PINOY (YOU WILL BE AMAZED PHILIPPINES WAR SUBMARINE MADE BY A FILIPINO)! PHILIPPINE VINES BREAKING NEWS VIRAL.” Posted on May 27, the two-minute and 27-second video carried the headline: Shown in the clip is a naval vessel built by an American shipbuilding company. A YouTube channel posted a video of a submarine in a shipyard and claimed it was Philippine-made.

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