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AFP chief calls for stronger cyber defense

Armed Forces of the Philippines chief, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., says on March 24, 2026 that wars involving Ukraine and Russia, as well as Iran, the United States and Israel, showed how cyberattacks can hit an adversary’s networks even before actual strikes. He said the Philippines must strengthen its cyber defense capability to protect its resources and networks.

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00:00Because we can see that in Ukraine and Russia and Iran versus the U.S. and Israel,
00:09we can see the benefits of the cyber defense.
00:14Because before, for instance, in the United States, Venezuela and Iran,
00:21one of the first things they have to do is to raise the networks of the Taliban
00:28through cyber warfare.
00:31That is why it is very important that we develop this capability of defending our resources, our networks.
00:40Sir, going back to Japan, sir,
00:43napapansin nyo ba with this new defense agreement,
00:46the U.D.A. and cooperation natin,
00:49meron ding efforts kasi natin ibuhayin yung atrocities of World War II.
00:54So, parang, it's part of the, parang, benign information ba to drive away?
00:58Yes.
00:59Oo.
01:00So, nakikita natin ito yung mga effort na sirahin yung relationship natin.
01:05At ito nga sa forum na ito, nakikita natin na 70 years na yung relationship natin as two independent democracies.
01:16Kaya't napakahalaga na huwag tayong ma-disrupt na mga efforts na ito na sirahin yung relationship natin.
01:26Dahil, katulad nyan ang sinabi ko kanina, kung 81 years ago, in 1945, we found ourselves on opposite sides of
01:35the war,
01:36this time, we find ourselves on the same side, on the same side of that effort to promote a rules
01:45-based international order.
01:47Kasi yung ibang mga bansa, ang pinopromote nila ay yung sarili nang nilang mga interests, and they do this through
01:54coercion.
01:56Pinipilip nila yung gusto nilang mangyayari sa halid yun.
01:59Hindi naman po pwede yun.
02:00Kaya't mahalaga yung mga coalitions na binubuhon natin, at isa sa mga napaka-importante partner natin ay ang Japan.
02:09Sir, there are apparently exercises going on on repatriating Filipinos from Taiwan.
02:15Do we see an imminent threat from China at the moment, which is why we're doing the exercises to repatriate
02:22Filipinos?
02:23No, no. It's part of the exercises, the non-combatant evacuation exercises, or neo-exercises, are part of military operations
02:34done worldwide.
02:35Now, ginawa na natin ito noong nagkaroon ng gera, noong una, and so nagpadala tayo ng dalawang barko sa Saudi
02:46Arabia.
02:47We did that already before, para madala po natin yung ating mga kapapayan at ibalik sila dito sa Filipinos.
02:53But we found that very expensive. It was too expensive.
02:57So we are now trying to exercise and try to look for means that would make it more efficient for
03:05us to help our kababayans.
03:07For example, kung meron man mangyari sa Taiwan, kailangan po natin ilikas yung ating mga kababayan dito, pabalik sa Pilipinas.
03:16At hindi lamang yung mga kababayan natin, perhaps even the citizens of Taiwan or other nations, we might have to
03:27help them.
03:28Just like what we did before, we helped the refugees from Vietnam and other nations.
04:03We had to be in the country of Vietnam and other nations.
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