The Philippines is set to acquire submarines in line with the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) modernization program, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday.

“We are looking at [South] Korea and Russia and other countries [as source of the submarines],” Lorenzana told reporters after the flag raising ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.

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