Brawner says new act will promote local production of defense equipment
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner on Tuesday, October 8, said the newly enacted Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization Act, meant to develop and promote the local production of defense equipment, paves the way for the faster and more effective modernization of the military.
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00:00Actually, we've been waiting for this for a long time because in order for the Armed Forces of the Philippines to progress and to develop its capability, we need to have a robust defense industry.
00:15We've been making our own guns, our own bullets, our own radios. We even manufactured our own rockets. We call them bong-bong rockets.
00:28So, we are very happy with the passage of this law, with the signing of the law by the President this morning, because we are given hope that our defense industry will improve.
00:42And therefore, we will be able to modernize our Armed Forces more effectively and faster because we need to modernize right away.