Showing posts with label Harbin Engineering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harbin Engineering. Show all posts

Monday, April 29

Supersonic Chinese Submarines


A new laser-based propulsion technique developed by researchers at the Harbin Engineering University in China could help the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) build silent yet superfast submarines in the future.

The technology could also power underwater missiles and torpedoes, a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report said.

The concept of underwater laser propulsion isn’t new. Japanese researchers first considered it more than twenty years ago. In principle, the technology works fairly simply.  READ MORE...