MANILA, Philippines --- The Philippines still has a long way to go to become self-reliant in defense production, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday. But the defense chief hopes that the Philippines will have a modest defense industry before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down in 2022. "We are still a long way of achieving a true self-reliant defense posture (SRDP). But with the help of our Congress and strong backing by our President, we will be on the road to achieving a modest defense industry by the time the President leaves office," Lorenzana said in his speech at the Department of National Defense's 80th-anniversary rites at Ca...
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