The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has published details of its midterm modernisation programme, highlighting a requirement to strengthen the country's territorial integrity. As tension rises in the South China Sea amid China's growing regional assertiveness, the PAF's Flight Plan 2028 programme outlines a commitment to develop capability to "detect, intercept, and neutralise" any intrusion across the so-called Philippine Air Defense Identification Zone and the local waters it refers to as the West Philippine Sea.
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