NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 
NBI agents, along with explosives experts from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, detonate 570 grams of RDX at the Crow Valley Gunnery Range at the Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 11, 2025. The RDX was synthesized from nitric acid and urotropine that were seized from a Chinese-owned corporation that has operated for 13 years in Marilao, Bulacan. Also found were over 100 metric tons of tungsten which, experts said, may be used as armor-piercing rounds and in military aircraft as anti-radar shielding. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA 

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