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Beijing plays down media hype about unmanned subs
http://www.atimes.com/article/beijing-plays-down-media-hype-about-unmanned-subs/Beijing plays down media hype about unmanned subs
China's unmanned submarine fleet guided by AI is expected to be deployed in the early 2020s, but Beijing plays down reports in foreign media
By ASIA TIMES STAFF JULY 24, 2018 4:52 PM (UTC+8)
The Chinese military on Tuesday slammed speculation in the foreign media about the development of an unmanned submarine fleet to take on Western naval powers in the South China Sea as “overblown and confrontational.”
China’s large unmanned submarines, now nearing the end of construction with deployment expected in the early 2020s, would be much bigger than existing unmanned underwater vehicles and be able to perform missions including reconnaissance, mine placement and even “suicide attacks” thanks to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, according to the South China Morning Post, which called them “autonomous, robotic AI subs” in a report published on Sunday.
“The robotic subs are aimed particularly at the United States forces in strategic waters like the South China Sea and western Pacific Ocean,” the report said, citing Chinese researchers involved in the ambitious project. The researchers are from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shenyang Institute of Automation and are stationed at a massive surface drone boat testing center in the coastal city of Zhuhai in southern Guangdong province.
“[These subs] will go out, handle their assignments and return to base on their own. They may establish contact with the ground command periodically for updates, but are by design capable of completing missions without human intervention.
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China's unmanned submarine fleet guided by AI is expected to be deployed in the early 2020s, but Beijing plays down reports in foreign media
By ASIA TIMES STAFF JULY 24, 2018 4:52 PM (UTC+8)
The Chinese military on Tuesday slammed speculation in the foreign media about the development of an unmanned submarine fleet to take on Western naval powers in the South China Sea as “overblown and confrontational.”
China’s large unmanned submarines, now nearing the end of construction with deployment expected in the early 2020s, would be much bigger than existing unmanned underwater vehicles and be able to perform missions including reconnaissance, mine placement and even “suicide attacks” thanks to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, according to the South China Morning Post, which called them “autonomous, robotic AI subs” in a report published on Sunday.
“The robotic subs are aimed particularly at the United States forces in strategic waters like the South China Sea and western Pacific Ocean,” the report said, citing Chinese researchers involved in the ambitious project. The researchers are from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shenyang Institute of Automation and are stationed at a massive surface drone boat testing center in the coastal city of Zhuhai in southern Guangdong province.
“[These subs] will go out, handle their assignments and return to base on their own. They may establish contact with the ground command periodically for updates, but are by design capable of completing missions without human intervention.
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