THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY

Many security threats to the Philippines are non-military in nature. Pressing security
concerns like terrorism, poverty, and environmental degradation,
In its internal aspect, national security relates to the defense of the nation’s government
against hostile local elements seeking its replacement with their own government.
In its external aspects, national security is concerned with safeguarding the state against
outside or foreign forces, pressures, or influence designed to conquer it or undermine its
sovereignty, or placing under the domination or control of some foreign state or states.

TYPES OF THREATS
There are six common types of threats that undermine security:
1. Rebellion or Insurrection - a refusal of obedience or
order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a
range of behaviors from civil disobedience and mass
nonviolent resistance, to violent and organized attempts
to destroy an established authority such as the
government.

2. Terrorism - Common definitions of terrorism refer only to

those violent acts which are intended to create fear are
perpetrated for an ideological goal, and deliberately target or
disregard the safety of noncombatants.

3. Murder - as defined in most countries, is the unlawful

killing of another human being with intent (or malice
afterthought), and generally this state of mind distinguishes
murder from other forms of homicide. Kidnapping and
Serious Illegal.

4. Detention - the taking away or transportation of a person against the person’s will,
usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority.
This may be done for ransom or in furtherance of another crime, or in connection with a
child custody dispute.
5. Hijacking/Highway Robbery - the crime of taking or
attempting to take something of value by force or threat of force
and or by putting the victim in fear.

6. Crimes involving destruction - It may apply either as a measurable

degree of damage up to and including a state beyond use or repair, or it
may indicate a state wherein such damage is occurring and continuing.