New Chinese Tech Lets Drones Detect Submarines

The race to control the seas just got an upgrade.

China is now arming its drones with magnetic sensors built to sniff out hostile submarines lurking in the ocean’s “blind spots.”

Unlike traditional sonar, which can struggle in tricky underwater conditions, these magnetic sensors pick up tiny shifts in Earth’s magnetic field — spotting threats that usually go unnoticed.

Read the full story on our new publication, NextGen Defense: China’s New Drone-Mounted Tech Hunts Submarines Using Magnetics