DefenceTalkThe Philippines can only afford a “frugal” military upgrade, defence officials said Monday, even though maritime tensions with China are growing. Despite a proposed 25 percent rise in next year’s defence budget, the government must still divide resources between external defence and internal threats like insurgencies and natural disasters, Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and other […]https://www.defencetalk.com/philippines-cant-afford-military-modernization-65050/