The move is part of the country’s military shifts to “external defense of our borders,” says President Marcos. /PDI
said there were offers from different countries for the government’s acquisition of a submarine. “There is a plan. But it’s still being developed because the commitment to operate a submarine is not a small commitment, it is a very large commitment,” Mr. Marcos said, citing the training, the equipment and the operational requirements involved. “So, it is still part of our plan,” he added.
“If they are built here and we can actually build submarines here and provide those submarines to other countries then that’s another source of jobs, and of income and increased capability for our Navy,” he said. But for now, he said the government is “in the middle of developing mostly our antisubmarine capabilities.
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