In hopes of being a credible line of defense, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Felimon Santos, Jr. admitted that the military still needs to catch-up with the latest technology. “Magkakaroon tayo ng lahat ng...with the advanced technology, we are trying to catch up,” Santos told Politics as Usual on Tuesday.
[Translation: We will have all of the equipment with the advanced technology, we are trying to catch up.]
“We have to be a credible Armed Forces,” said Santos. “With all of this modernization program. Hopefully, we’ll attain that objective.”
The AFP Modernization Act or the Republic Act No. 7898 aims to modernize all the branches of the Armed Forces, namely: Philippine Air Force, Philippine Navy, and the Philippine Army.
The revised modernization program is divided into three horizons. The first horizon was first implemented from 2013 to 2017, the second runs from 2018 until 2022, and the third horizon is from 2023 to 2028.
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a budget of around P300 billion for the second phase of military modernization.
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