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02 Oktober 2018 The satellite will use lidar technology and a microwave radar to identify targets. (image: Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology) China is developing a satellite with a powerful laser for anti-submarine warfare that researchers hope will be able to pinpoint a target as far as 500 metres below the surface. It is the latest addition to the country’s expanding deep-sea surveillance programme, and aside from targeting submarines – most operate at a depth of less than 500 metres – it could also be used to collect data on the world’s oceans. Project Guanlan, meaning “watching the big waves”, was officially launched in May at the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology in Qingdao, Shandong. It aims to strengthen China’s surveillance activities in the world’s oceans, according to the laboratory’s website. Scientists are working on the satellite’s design at the laboratory, but its key components are being developed by more than 20 resear...

01 Oktober 2018` Mexican Navy's POLA Sigma 10514 (image : Mexican Navy) Mexico’s POLA corvette 78% complete as final Dutch-built module arrives The Mexican Navy’s Patrulla Oceánica de Largo Alcance (POLA) corvette is now 78 percent complete as the command bridge – the final Dutch-built module – arrived at the ASTIMAR 20 shipyard in Oaxaca late August. The Mexican Navy announced on Wednesday that the module had been installed and that a ceremonial launch of the vessel is set for November 23. Mexican Navy's POLA Sigma 10514 (image : taringa) POLA is based on Damen’s SIGMA 10514 vessel design capable of sailing at speeds of up to 25+ knots and staying at sea for more than 20 days. Dutch shipbuilder Damen and the Mexican Navy agreed to build two of the overall six modular sections of the vessel at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, with the remaining four modules to be built locally in Mexico. Mexican Navy's POLA Sigma 10514  (photo : Mexica...