A Taiwanese submarine takes part in the Han Kuang military exercise in Kaohsiung on 5 August 2026 (AFP/Getty)

    China may be building world’s first ‘mothership’ for underwater drones

    China is building a so-called “mothership” to deploy underwater drones at scale, satellite images appear to show, as Beijing continues to bolster its military capabilities to aggressively back its claims in the Indo-Pacific. The vessel, which experts described as the world’s first, was seen at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai where China previously built large…

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