The government is “very serious” about upgrading the military as a “response to the growing complication of the situation” in the West Philippine Sea, according to President Marcos. Speaking before members of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in Clark, Pampanga last Friday, Marcos committed to provide the military with “all the tools” necessary for them to fulfill their mission. “We are very serious in upgrading the capabilities, especially of the Air Force, as they constitute the first line of defense and with the situation that we are facing now over the West Philippine Sea,” he said.

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