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PHILIPPINES’ OWN The Philippine Navy (PN) test-fires the Mistral 3, the country’s first surface-to-air missile system in Zambales on Friday, May 19, 2023. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not in photo) witnessed the PN Capability Demonstration aboard the BRP Davao del Sur. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
PHILIPPINES’ OWN The Philippine Navy (PN) test-fires the Mistral 3, the country’s first surface-to-air missile system in Zambales on Friday, May 19, 2023. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not in photo) witnessed the PN Capability Demonstration aboard the BRP Davao del Sur. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday lauded the Philippine Navy for its continuing modernization and capacity-building efforts, the latest being its acquisition of the "game-changing" surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.

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