The Philippines will receive $18 million worth of precision-guided ammunition from the United States next month, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday.
According to the Defense Secretary, 'They gave us $18 million worth of military equipment, which will arrive) next month. These are precision-guided munitions that can be dropped accurately,' he said in an interview with Defense journalists in South Harbor, Manila, when he was heading the departure of BRP Tarlac.
BRP Tarlac has been deployed to typhoon-hit Catanduanes on a relief mission.
Lorenzana hasn’t given any specific details on the ammunition.
He said he recently had a meeting with John Law, chargés d'affaires of the US Embassy in Manila, during which they discussed the Visiting Forces Agreement, US concerns over the West Philippine Sea, US foreign policy, military equipment they were offering to the Philippines, and pandemic-related assistance.
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