AFP admits to have ‘limited’ capability on territorial defense 04/16/2011

AFP admits to have ‘limited’ capability on territorial defense

04/16/2011
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday admitted it has “limited” capability on territorial defense but cited the P11.8 billion promised to the military by the Aquino administration is a huge boost to start its capability build up.

AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Oban Jr. said the military really needs capability upgrade, particularly in maritime capacity, to defend our territories.

“We need to develop capability for territorial defense. While we have limited but much should be developed particularly on the areas of maritime domain awareness,” said Oban in a chance interview during the closing ceremony of Philippine-United States Joint Balikatan exercises in Camp Aguinaldo..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110416nat3.html