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The Philippines’ armed services modernization program took a strange and
alarming turn recently as President Benigno Aquino III’s final term comes
to a close.
The program took a nasty hit in July when the newly installed chief of staff
General Hernando Irriberi, called for and successfully led an effort to
push back the shore-based missile project in favor of purchasing more
helmets, body armor, squad weapons and tactical radios. Then came the one-
two punch, with another newly minted flag officer—navy Rear Adm. Cesar
Taccad—stating during his August swearing-in, “No expansion is happening.
They [China] are just pursuing their interests”—a stunning commentary in
light of accelerated reclamation efforts by the People’s Republic of China
in the contested Spratly Islands.
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