the philippines has several u. s. military bases on its territory and is in the middle of a territorial dispute with china. over the spartley islands, we spoke cheer, political activists were not a reyes. who says that the philippines does not have the capacity for developing these weapons. and that help will likely come from its long term ally, the u. s. raising tensions in the region. i think it s a very dangerous proposition right now, especially considering with tensions in the region. the ongoing quad sneaks here in this part of the world. sturgeon, the proposition was not mean having the philippine government made its own nuclear weapons because we don t have the capacity to produce such my suspicion is that it wouldn t be the us. we should be positioning in nuclear weapons in the philippines. once the constitutional ban is removed and this will result in greater attentions and could potentially trigger a newly with arms race between the u. s. and china. once that happe