Beijing, August 16, 2025 – China is preparing to publicly showcase the new and very large and very large underwater vehicles during training for the upcoming military parade.
The image released on Weibo shows a very large drone of torpedo -shaped drone being transported on a platform, which confirms the physical existence of the system.
Until now, the Chinese authority has not officially named the project or released its technical details, but experts have compared this concept with Russian Poseidon, also known as the status-6, long-distance nuclear torpedo introduced by Vladimir Putin in 2019 as part of his “Superweapon”.
Propulsion and possible abilities
Reports from the South China Morning Post show that Beijing may be examining the underwater system with disposable nuclear propulsion, able to maintain speeds of more than 30 knots (about 55 km/hour) to 200 hours. After that time, the reactor will be released to the seabed, and the vehicle will continue to operate with batteries, the possibility for conventional attacks.
However, it is still uncertain whether the new Chinese UUV will be designed to carry nuclear or conventional charges, or function as a strategic supervision and prevention platform.
Comparison and mystery
While Russian Poseidon is designed to take thousands of kilometers and attack coastal targets with nuclear warheads, it is unclear whether Beijing is trying to imitate this ability or develop different underwater weapons classes.
Nuclear scientist Guo Jian from the Chinese atomic Energy Institute stated in a scientific article that there is a “substantial difference” between Chinese and Poseidon projects, without expressing further details.
Vehicles seen during the preparation of the parade, some identified as AJX002, confirmed that China moved towards the production of large unmanned underwater vehicles (Xluuv). However, without official information, the real mission of this new weapon remains shrouded in mystery.
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