Manila, Jan. 27 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is using all means, including space-based sensors, to secure the Malampaya oil and gas field in Palawan against intruders, a ranking Philippine Navy (PN) official said on Tuesday.

At a press briefing, PN spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad said the military is using all types of sensors to secure the energy field.

"Without going into details, the posture of the Armed Forces in securing Malampaya and Malampaya East-1 (MAE-1) is based, first and foremost, on the detection capability for maritime domain awareness. We utilized land-based, sea-based, air-based, and even spaced-based sensors," he said when asked on what military assets are bein...