UDT Asia: China to upgrade undersea sensors

11th January 2017 - 12:00 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Hong Kong

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China is believed to be expanding an underwater sensor network, which was established beginning from October 2014, in the Western Pacific to better suit its military needs.

According to a Xinhua article published on 1 January, China has a civilian network of hundreds of buoys, ostensibly for scientific purposes, tethered up to 400-500m deep in the Western Pacific. They measure climate change parameters and currents.

However, some analysts suspect that a similar military undersea network is already in use by China to enhance submarine communications.

Xinhua reported that the scientific sensors will be upgraded in 2017, allowing them to feed

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