The United States has given the Philippines military assistance worth P5 billion ($95 million) since last year to help modernize its outdated armed forces amid terrorism threats and increasing tensions in the South China Sea. "From January 1, 2017 to the present, US grants funded the delivery of military equipment worth over P5 billion ($95 million to the Armed Forces of the Philippines," the US Embassy in Manila said on Thursday. The donation includes unmanned aerial vehicles, armored vehicles, and planes. Only Tuesday alone, the US turned over P807 million worth of surveillance platform to be installed on the C-130 of the Philippine Air Force. The Special Airborne Mission I...
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