DEFENSE Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the country's Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States can serve as a springboard to modernize the Philippine military.

"We can fast-track our plans to modernize," he said during a roundtable at The Manila Times on Tuesday.

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