Lead scientist reveals true purpose of China’s ultra-large underwater drone
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“China not targeting US West Coast with ultra-large underwater drones: lead scientist”
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— China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the second-most populous country after India, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, representing 17% of the …
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— Debate over democracy in China has existed in Chinese politics since the 19th century. Chinese scholars, thinkers, and policy-makers have debated about democracy, an idea which was first imported by W…
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— Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), and Vietnam have conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea. The …
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“Huge size of China’s unmanned submersibles has US defence experts worried Beijing may attack vulnerable targets including LA and Seattle”
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— The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the subseq…
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— Los Angeles County, sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,757,179 residents estimated in 2024. Its population is greater than that of 40 individu…
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— U.S. Bank Tower, known locally as the Library Tower and formerly as the First Interstate Bank World Center, is a 1,018-foot (310.3 m) skyscraper located in the Financial District of downtown Los Angel…
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“Satellite imagery analysed by Western media also revealed a classified variant exceeding 40 metres at a naval installation, triggering international concern – particularly in the United States”
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— Dong Fang Hong 1 (simplified Chinese: 东方红一号; traditional Chinese: 東方紅一號; pinyin: Dōngfānghóng Yīhào; lit. 'The East is Red no.1'), in the western world also known as China 1 or PRC 1, was the first sp…
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— Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS; Chinese: 量子科学实验卫星; pinyin: Liàngzǐ kēxué shíyàn wèixīng; lit. 'Quantum Science Experiment Satellite'), is a Chinese research project in the field of quantum …
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— Shiyan (SY, simplified Chinese: 实验; traditional Chinese: 實驗; pinyin: Shíyàn; lit. 'experiment') is a Chinese experimental satellite program consisting of a variety of test satellites. Given the classi…
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“US defence experts responded to the developments with stark warnings about vulnerabilities along America’s West Coast, with some analysts designating Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles and the Panama Canal as potential targets”
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“Yan Zheping, China’s leading submersible authority and director of unmanned systems at Harbin Engineering University’s College of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, addressed these concerns in peer-reviewed research published last month”
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“China’s ultra large models “prioritise regional security and near-coast defensive reconnaissance while simultaneously supporting civilian research and environmental monitoring””
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