In a YouTube video, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. discusses the range and strength of a new US military Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon.
Claimed by Brawner · 2026-01-02
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- RapplerFalse
2026-01-02
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