The Philippines says underwater drones captured off the country's coast sent data back to China. The nation's military says the drones, located in strategically important areas, are capable of aiding underwater warfare.
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00:00The Philippines says at least one underwater drone captured off the country's coast
00:04sent messages to China.
00:07It's very clear that these are used for mapping out the underwater terrain,
00:11collecting information, like what I mentioned, mathematic data.
00:15All of these are used across different fields to include underwater warfare.
00:20Philippine military officials say the drones, which had markings from Chinese companies,
00:25were designed to not be retrieved.
00:26Local fishers found two of them in 2022 and three more last year,
00:31all in waters the Navy calls strategically important.