This assessment examines China’s emerging underwater-drone support architecture alongside developments in the United States, Australia, Europe, Israel, Japan and South Korea, distinguishing documented capabilities from announced ambitions and assessing their strategic implications through 2031. Executive Summary The strategic significance of underwater drones increasingly depends on the infrastructure that deploys, recovers, maintains and commands them. China’s … Leggi tutto Undersea Drone Fleets: China and the Global Race for Maritime Persistence