Suspected Chinese submarine drone found by Indonesian fishermen in crucial maritime passage to Australia – ABC News

Indonesian fishermen have discovered a suspected Chinese submarine drone in waters considered strategically important to Australia.

• The unmanned underwater vehicle was reportedly found just before Christmas near Indonesia’s Selayar Island
• Security experts say the high-tech unpowered surveillance drone is known as a glider and relies on variable-buoyancy propulsion
• The captured drone reportedly gathers oceanographic data including temperature, turbidity, salinity, chlorophyll and oxygen levels

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