Philippines Says Chinese Sea Gliders Were Used for Covert Mapping

Between 2022 and 2024, Philippine fishermen found five suspicious seaglider drones in a variety of locations between Luzon and Mindanao. An American-assisted forensic review of the devices shows that they were designed to collect data that could be used for "underwater warfare," according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

In a press conference Tuesday, AFP spokesman Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad said that the devices were found in locations that are "important strategically in...