A fleet of Haiyi underwater gliders, which have been developed by Chinese researchers at the Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences A fleet of Haiyi underwater gliders, which have been developed by Chinese researchers at the Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
A fleet of Haiyi underwater gliders, which have been developed by Chinese researchers at the Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
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PLA Navy eyes China’s deep-sea underwater glider after successful test shows it rivals US vessel

Chinese military’s interest piqued after Haiyi-7000 makes it 5,751 metres down world’s deepest ocean trench

Topic |   China science
Stephen Chen
Stephen Chen

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A fleet of Haiyi underwater gliders, which have been developed by Chinese researchers at the Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences A fleet of Haiyi underwater gliders, which have been developed by Chinese researchers at the Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
A fleet of Haiyi underwater gliders, which have been developed by Chinese researchers at the Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
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