Chinese Academy of Sciences Keeping Up with DARPA

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.

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