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People's Daily Online
According to Xinhua, the "SeaFly-01" finished a test at Nanhu Lake in Wuhan on Oct. 27. The 10.25-meter-long vessel has a maximum speed of 45 knots. It was built with carbon fiber material, and is equipped with BeiDou communication navigation technology.
It is able to "learn" independently and avoid obstacles, among other functions.
The vessel is able to carry a photoelectric scout device, light
weapons, sonar and other equipment, and can be used in a wide range of
applications, including coastal patrol, armed confrontation, submarine
detection and water-quality monitoring.
"All the core equipment was developed by us, and the localization
rate is 100 percent," said Liu Fei, a technician for Sifang, the
developer of the vessel.
Suspicion level high on this one. Why would China build a prototype craft for testing on a lake at a city in the middle of China...then adorn it with English characters.
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