The word ASuW according to Janes means Anti-Submarine Warfare, warships that is labelled as ASuW warships usually carry a lot of Anti-Submarine Warfare weapons and commonly most Anti-Submarine Warfare warships are designed for such role as designated to them by their respective navies or manufacturers.
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Photo: Project 23420 Small Antisubmarine Warfare Ship, with a gun mount, either 76-mm AK-176MA or 30-mm AK-306, turret mount with ZM-47 Gibka antiaircraft missiles, two 12.7 machineguns, and either the Paket-E/NK antisubmarine torpedo system or the RPK-8E antisubmarine missile аnd depth bomb system, MilToday
But... Not the Incheon class frigate of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) that is being offered to the Philippine Navy (PN), according to Janes the weapon system of the Incheon class frigate are two triple torpedo tubes, each located on the port and starboard sides, an eight-cell vertical launching system (VLS) installed at the forward section,a 76 mm primary weapon, and four (two twin) anti-surface missile launchers, a pair of MBDA-SIMBAD anti-air defence system turrets above the bridge, and lastly a Anti-Submarine Warfare helicopter, technically speaking the warship is an all around frigate not only intended and designed for Anti-Submarine Warfare.
 Is the designation a bad thing?
No, it is not. That just mean that the PN sees the threat of submarines and they are maximizing their current assets on what seems to be a lapse on our territorial/external defense in general, in addition to that the PN is designating the GDP class as a Anti-Submarine Warfare frigate (based on the Phase II of the AFP modernization program) by then the GDP class could have Anti-Submarine Warfare weapons, similar to the proposed Incheon Class Frigates, Surface to Air Missiles (most probably it would be the MBDA-SIMBAD anti-air defence system turrets), a CIWS, and an upgraded AW-109 helicopter.
PF-15, ZetaBoards
The good news, and the bad news
The good news is the PN are planning to acquire submarines in the future for training and experience purpose, reportedly the PN would start on something simple and not so sophisticated and complicated to use, the bad news is since it is only for training and experience purposes (on how to run and operate a submarine) it wouldn't be the ideal attack submarine that we are dreaming of (in other words it might just be a small diesel powered submarine).
A small submarine, for reference use only
The threat, these nuclear and diesel powered attack submarines of China
 
Business Insider and ExtremeTech
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