The Chinese have designed an ARV unmanned underwater vehicle, which operates like an ROV and it seems to have some dynamic and revolutionary features. This is quite a leap forward for the Chinese and brings them up with the current UUV technologies of Universities like Berkeley, MIT, Stanford and others. http://english.people.com.cn/200603/16/eng20060316_251029.html Since the Chinese are pushing for space and undersea, while spending billions to build up their military these technological advances are indeed pressing forward in a Space Race both up above the atmosphere and down there. Are we in the middle of a technology build up between rivaling nations like during the cold-war, only in this case doing so in more positive pursuits of science? Or we will the United States and an emerging China super power find ourselves in a stand off in a couple of decades where we both possess superior weapons of war thru technological advancements? For every step forward or leap in United States technology, there are a few steps right behind that from our counterpart Chinese Scientists. Is the Chinese Academy of Sciences working hard to keep up with the US Military and their research arm; DARPA? And if so, what does it all mean? Consider this in 2006. |
