Maritime security top defense priority
President Benigno Aquino III said the country’s top defense priority is maritime security, especially in the disputed areas in the South China Sea, which Manila now calls the West Philippine Sea.
Mr. Aquino, in an open forum hosted by the Asia Society in New York, said it is imperative for the country to establish a “respectable deterrent capability to protect its sovereign rights.”
The President expressed optimism that China will be
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