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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the launching of the newly-renovated Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Museum during the 89th AFP Anniversary Day on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The AFP Museum, which will soon open to the public, features various types of military weaponry from cannons and rifles to tanks and helicopters.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Among those displayed in the museum include a US M2 105mm Howitzer, a37mm Japanese anti-tank gun, 106mm US recoilless cannon, Huey helicopter, MD 500 attack helicopter, US M41 Light Tank, and vintage presidential troop review vehicle.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Old rifles, pistols and bladed weapons from Mindanao are also on display at the museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also being featured at the museum is the \u201cBongbong Rocket\u201d which was developed and test fired during the administration of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr..<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The rocket was conceptualized as the Philippines tried to develop indigenous weapons for the AFP to wean itself from importing defense equipment.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The AFP traces its origins to the Philippine Revolutionary Army established on March 22, 1897, during the country\u2019s struggle for independence from Spain.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 1901, the United States, the Philippines\u2019 colonial master at that time, formed the Philippine Constabulary to maintain peace and suppress the remnants of revolutionary movements.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The modern AFP was formally established during the Commonwealth era through the National Defense Act of 1935 championed by the late president Manuel L. Quezon.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This year\u2019s anniversary carries the theme: AFP @ 89: Sandigan ng Sambayanan Tungo sa Bagong Pilipinas.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the launching of the newly-renovated Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Museum during the 89th AFP Anniversary Day on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10784,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions\/10784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}