Aired (February 2, 2025): Mistulang missile o rocket, tumambad sa mga mangingisda na pumalaot sa karagatan ng San Pascual, Masbate.
Ayon sa inisyal na pagsisiyasat, ang kanilang nadiskubre, isa palang underwater drone! At sa mga nakalipas na buwan, hindi lang sa Masbate may natagpuang underwater drones. Kundi maging sa iba pang mga probinsya sa buong kapuluan!
Ano ba talaga ang mga ito at may dapat ba tayong ikabahala sa ating pambansang seguridad?
Ang buong ulat, panoorin sa video. #KMJS
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Ayon sa inisyal na pagsisiyasat, ang kanilang nadiskubre, isa palang underwater drone! At sa mga nakalipas na buwan, hindi lang sa Masbate may natagpuang underwater drones. Kundi maging sa iba pang mga probinsya sa buong kapuluan!
Ano ba talaga ang mga ito at may dapat ba tayong ikabahala sa ating pambansang seguridad?
Ang buong ulat, panoorin sa video. #KMJS
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:15 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
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00:00This is the biggest catch of the fishermen Rodney, Jojo and Jeric since they went to the sea of San Pascual in Masbate.
00:20Not a fish, but a yellow thing.
00:27When it was caught in the sea, it's shape was like a missile or a rocket with a mark HY-119.
00:37HY-L0119
00:44I told my friend, let's load it.
00:47He said he will deliver it to the buyer.
00:51He said he will report it to the police.
00:54It's like a rocket. They immediately alerted the San Pascual Municipal Police Station.
01:00And according to the initial investigation, Rodney discovered
01:07an unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone.
01:12So far, we haven't talked to the Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Navy as to the source of this.
01:19And in the past few months, not only in Masbate, but also in other provinces throughout the Philippines.
01:30What are these? And should we be concerned about our national security?
01:38Are these used by the SPIA?
01:42The underwater drone that was discovered in Masbate is 3.5 meters long, 24 centimeters in diameter, and weighs 94 kilos.
01:53It has two pins, and it has eyes on its head.
01:58And it also has an antenna of another 6 feet.
02:03The UUV or underwater drone that is used for research or for inspection,
02:11or even for investigation under the sea.
02:15And based on the marker imprinted on the drone, about where it came from.
02:21I can only see the bottom of it.
02:23What comes out is the property of China.
02:26It's very alarming.
02:27What comes out is the property of China.
02:30It's very alarming.
02:31We can't help but think of it as a threat to our security.
02:35That's why they decided to investigate it in the Philippine Navy Naval Forces Southern Luzon.
02:41We sent it to Manila for forensic investigation.
02:45So far, we haven't received any details about the specifications and functions of this underwater remotely piloted vehicle.
02:55The underwater drone found in Masbate was not the first to land and land in our ocean, but the fifth.
03:06Two were found in Calayan Island in Cagayan Province.
03:11One was also found in Pasukin Sea in Ilocos Norte and Initau in Misamis Oriental in Mindanao.
03:20Meanwhile, in Hagna Bohol,
03:23another underwater device in red and silver was found wrapped in a net by the fisherman Rodel.
03:32We were afraid because it looks like a missile.
03:36It might explode.
03:37He couldn't even touch it because he wasn't familiar with its appearance.
03:43Rodel investigated it and uploaded it online in the hope of finding out what it is.
03:50I touched it and then I left it.
03:52When the authorities found out about it, they immediately investigated.
03:57I can't say what the fisherman saw because as of now, we still haven't found anything.
04:04Some experts are worried about the next appearance of underwater drones in the country, especially the ones found in Masbate.
04:15It can also map the nearby coordinates.
04:19If there is a war or chaos, they know where they will pass and where they will land.
04:26These drones are very strategic.
04:29From Masbate, you can see the route to the West Philippine Sea.
04:34Then to Benham Rise, it is very strategic in the middle.
04:37And of course, its connection from Luzon to Visayas.
04:41Masbate is rich in minerals that are needed for the production of large arms.
04:49They might be surveying what they can get.
04:53We will find out if there is a violation of the existing laws,
04:59the international law,
05:02the so-called sighting of a drone.
05:05The Senate also discussed the possibility that the underwater drones
05:11are a way for China to study and map the underwater terrain of the Philippines.
05:18It will not only happen in the West Philippine Sea,
05:22but also in the oceans of Malaysia and Indonesia.
05:27They might have already done this, but we just discovered its impact on our national security.
05:34First of all, because it is submersible, they might be moving underwater now.
05:40Meanwhile, out of the five drones discovered in our oceans,
05:44which were subjected to a forensic examination,
05:47the underwater drone that was caught in the ocean of Calayan Islands in Cagayan
05:53is the one with the results.
05:55It has an ADS or Acoustic Vector Sensor.
05:58This is used to pick up sound propagation underwater.
06:02The data can be used in business, let's say in the fishing industry.
06:05It can also be used for research.
06:07At the same time, it can be used in the military field.
06:09The red and yellow gather only bathymetric data on depth of water, salinity, temperature, oxygen level.
06:19However, they are still not sure if there is a similarity between the drones in Cagayan
06:25and other drones that landed in other provinces and islands.
06:30We can see the physical characteristics.
06:32Almost the same, very similar.
06:34We can see the markings of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, CETC.
06:40The other one has markings of 18th Research Institute.
06:43This is the largest research institute of China on the use of chemical and physical power supplies.
06:49Although these are still inconclusive as to where it came from,
06:52it can be made in this country.
06:53It does not mean that it came from there.
06:56Meanwhile, up to the moment it is being made,
07:00there is still no promise as to who or where the drones came from.
07:08Now, more than ever, our oceans need to be monitored.
07:13The government urges us to continue to report anything that can be seen inside our territory.
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