China, United States
SWORD fishing: US Navy's ghost unit sniffing out China's deep sea drones

The HSU-001 underwater drone on display at a Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) parade in Beijing in 2019.
The HSU-001 underwater drone on display at a Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) parade in Beijing in 2019. © Intelligence Online
At the heart of US intelligence, a little-known unit of the Office of Naval Intelligence is discreetly scanning the ocean depths to detect Beijing's new underwater drones. Designed to collect acoustic signatures from US submarines, their numbers are believed to have increased in Pacific waters in recent months. [...]
Reading time 3 minutes Grégory Priolon

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