The United States’ latest military equipment donation to the Philippines would help strengthen the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s anti-terrorism capabilities.
“The CSAFP (Chief-of-Staff AFP) Gen. Gilbert Gapay, expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the US For the donation of explosive ordnance and demolition equipment as well as the sniper system equipment. These are expected to beef up the counter-terrorism capability of the AFP,” Navy Capt. Jonathan Zata, AFP public affairs office chief, said in a message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Friday.
On Tuesday, the US Defense Department turned over PHP1.38 billion worth of military equipment, including snipers’ and anti-improvised explosive device equipment, to the Philippines.
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Source: Philippine News Agency