The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will come up with a shopping list of military gear worth P40 billion as part of its modernization program being enacted over the next five years.
Philippine Navy chief Alexander Pama said in a radio interview that the AFP is still discussing the proper allocation of funds but confirmed that the Navy is poised to receive a huge budget allocation, according to the Philippine Star.
The same report said that only 26 out of the 53 patrol ships in the Navy’s inventory are operational, and these are an average of 36.4 years old. Only three out of seven Navy transport vessels and four out of ten Navy auxiliary ships are operational.
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