US, PH explain drone found off PH waters

First, the US Embassy in Manila said the US drone found off the waters of Masbate in eastern Philippines was not used for surveillance but “the sort that is used as an air defense target in training exercises.” Then the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it was being used in a drill outside Philippine territory and veered off course before crashing into the water somewhere in the Pacific Ocean and was just retrieved off Masbate. Rappler reported in March that US smart bombs delivered by a different model were used for the first time on Philippine territory in a February 2 attack on Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists. An activist group slammed the “unrestricted use” of US drones in Philippine airspace as “a violation of our national sovereignty.”


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