US authorities are working on enhancing the Philippines’ territorial defense, and this may involve sharing war materiel and improving military bases, the US Marine Corps Pacific commander said on Thursday.
“We have a plan [on military installations] and the EDCA [Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement] has been approved. We’re still trying to figure out exactly what we wanted to do to improve some of these former bases and places to better support the territorial defense objectives of the Philippines,” Lt. Gen. John Toolan told reporters at the sidelines of the live fire exercise and the firing of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at Crow Valley in Tarlac province, north of Manila.
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