By Pete Mckenzie SYDNEY, March 24 (Reuters) - China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine ...

Beneath the surface of the world’s oceans, a quieter competition is unfolding.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In one example, the Dong Fang Hong 3, a research vessel operated by Ocean University of China, spent 2024 and 2025 sailing back ...

China is conducting extensive undersea mapping across the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, raising concerns that it is ...

China is carrying out an extensive ocean-mapping and monitoring programme across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, collecting data that naval experts believe could significantly enhance its ...

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed ...

China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines USS Annapolis (SSN 760) and USS Asheville (SSN 758) in formation with an MH-60S Sea Hawk ...

China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be ...

A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy during a military display in the South China Sea. (Reuters) SYDNEY — China is conducting a vast undersea ...

Dozens of Chinese research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans. Some of the surveying is for mineral deposits and fishing grounds, but the ...