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Suspected Chinese submarine drone found by Indonesian fishermen in crucial maritime passage to Australia
Indonesian fishermen have discovered a suspected Chinese submarine drone in waters considered strategically important to Australia.
Key points:
- 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
Images published in local media show Indonesian military officers posing with the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), which was found just before Christmas near Selayar Island in South Sulawesi.
The UUV was recovered from the water by a local…
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