{"id":157603,"date":"2026-09-18T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157603"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:00:09","slug":"could-mystery-shanghai-vessel-be-a-mothership-for-chinas-underwater-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157603","title":{"rendered":"Could mystery Shanghai vessel be a mothership for China\u2019s underwater drones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAn unusual vessel taking shape at a Shanghai shipyard has been assessed as a possible mothership for China\u2019s large uncrewed submarines \u2013 a capability that, if confirmed, could enable Beijing to operate the drones far from its own coast for sustained periods.<br \/>\nOpen-source naval analyst H.I. Sutton said satellite imagery of the roughly 200-metre (656-foot) hull at Hudong-Zhonghua showed a large internal hangar and an opening at the stern that appeared designed to launch and recover&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3368012\/could-mystery-shanghai-vessel-be-mothership-chinas-underwater-drones?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAn unusual vessel taking shape at a Shanghai shipyard has been assessed as a possible mothership for China\u2019s large uncrewed submarines \u2013 a capability&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157603"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}