Wednesday, March 25, 2026

China Reportedly Mapping Ocean Floor To Prepare for Submarine War With US |

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China Reportedly Mapping Ocean Floor To Prepare for Submarine War With US | Firstpost America | N18G           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbZeK9RKrnQ




Beneath the world’s oceans, a quiet but strategic race is underway. China is steadily mapping the seabed across key regions, including the Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Arctic, using research vessels like the Dong Fang Hong 3. While officially focused on scientific exploration, the approach and pattern of these missions suggest deeper military intent. Ocean data, such as temperature, salinity, and seabed shape, is crucial for submarine operations, helping vessels navigate undetected or track others. Through its civil-military fusion strategy, China is blending research with defense goals, expanding its underwater awareness in geopolitically sensitive zones and potentially reshaping control beneath the seas.


TRANSCRIPT


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Hello and welcome to First Post America,
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your home for the biggest stories shaping the US and the world. I'm Carrie Johnston live from the First Post Studios. Our top story on the show today
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is Trump's 15point ceasefire plan a genuine path to ending the Iran war or just another proposal doomed by
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mistrust. Also on the program, Iran warns the US of severe retaliation as tensions continue to escalate across West Asia.
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Was the Iran conflict Donald Trump's decision? Or is he now shifting responsibility to his Secretary of War, Pete Hex?
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And as reports emerge that China is mapping the ocean floor, experts ask if the country is planning for submarine warfare with the US.
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Today we look at a major development in the West Asia conflict. The United States has reportedly offered Iran a 15point ceasefire plan. It's the
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clearest sign yet that Washington wants an exit from a war that's now in its fourth week. So, what exactly is the American proposal? Well, first, Iran
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must dismantle its current nuclear capabilities and promise never to pursue nuclear weapons, and there should be no
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uranium enrichment inside Iran. Around 440 to 450 kgs of uranium enriched to
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60% must be handed to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Three major nuclear sites for Latans and Isvahan
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must be dismantled. The IAEA must also get full and unrestricted access inside the country. Iran must step back from its regional proxy network, funding,
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arming, and directing allied groups must end. And the straight of Hormuz must stay open for global shipping. Well,
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demands also include Iran's missile program, saying it must be capped in range and production and that missile
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should only be used for self-defense going forward. Well, these are wide ranging conditions. Even while Donald Trump still claims that the war has already been won,
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how how hopeful are you that this peace deal will work out would be wrong? You're talking about to end it?
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Well, I think we're going to end it. I can't tell you for sure. Um, you know, I don't like to say this.
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We've won this. This war has been won. So, what is the US offering Iran? Well,
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a complete lifting of sanctions, help for its civilian nuclear program,
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including its support for power generation at the Basher plant, removal of the so-called snapback mechanism that brings back sanctions automatically.
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Iran may view this as an incentive, but also a compromise. Either way, Iran's reaction has been openly hostile. Iran's
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senior military spokesperson mocked the US.
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Have your internal conflicts reached the point where you are negotiating with yourselves. We state this clearly. Until it is our will, nothing will go back to
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the way it was. That will only come about when the very thought of acting against the Iranian nation is completely wiped from your corrupt minds.
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Thran also denied holding any ceasefire talks. But behind the scenes, reports say Iran has set its own set of demands.
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An immediate end to all US and Israeli attacks guarantees that the US will not strike Iran again. Financial
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compensation for war damage, full control over the Straight of Hormuz, no negotiations on its ballistic missile program. However, the last two points
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directly clash with the US conditions and that makes the gap between the two sides very wide despite Donald Trump's
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apparent optimism. If we can end this without more lives being down, without knocking out 10 billion dollar electric
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plants that are brand new and the apple of their eye, I'd like to be able to do that, you know, but uh but we they can't
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have certain things. I mean, you you know the things. I don't have to go over the list, but again, it starts with no nuclear weapons, and they've agreed to that.
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Overall, the proposal shows that Washington is looking for a way out. The conflict is also hurting global oil and gas markets while the straight of Hormuz
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remains severely restricted. So, will Iran scale back its missiles? Will America lift sanctions? And will Israel
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accept a compromise? Washington's 15point plan could be the first step towards a solution or just another pie
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in the sky list from Donald Trump's playbook.
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Well, for more perspective, uh, we're now joined by Ruse Pari, who is a senior adjunct lecturer at the Lund University,
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joining us live from Sweden. Welcome to the show. In your view then, how realistic are the demands in this American plan?
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Well, this plan is more or less the same plan that was offered in May before the May 2025 before that war began in June.
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So I think in that sense you can say that the Americans haven't really taken in the fact that this war has not gone their way and therefore the the idea of
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the American superiority that would be able to kind of force Iran's hand to give up all of these things that they are demanding in this list is very very
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unrealistic. Now you can also of course argue that the Iranian list of what they want is unrealistic. But I think it's primarily now the Americans who have to
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come to terms with the fact that they are not going to be able to get all of this unless they want to continue this war for however long it takes and that
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is what the Iranians are basically telling them that we will continue fighting until you sit down and talk to us seriously.
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Ah so given what you say then how is Iran likely to to view all this and to react given that their strategy of restricting energy flows from the Gulf
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does seem to be working from their point of view.
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Well, the danger is of course that they can overplay their hand. That is, it's very difficult to gauge from the outside how long they can continue to constrain and restrict the trade through the
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Hormuz. Uh, but on the other hand, all it needs is one rocket now and then to make all the insurers of the shipping
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lanes uh go elsewhere. So, in that sense, their criteria for success is much easier to accomplish than the American criteria for success. I think
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the Iranians would most likely be able to agree to some of these points, which is exactly what they were offering just before this war began. But I think the idea that they would have no enrichment,
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that there would be no um ballistic missiles production and so on, all of these things are basically stripping them of things that they politically
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cannot stomach and would in any case also infringe very much on Iranian sovereignty. And when Donald Trump says that Iran has agreed to not having
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nuclear weapons, that is correct. It's just that they agreed to that in the very agreement that he destroyed in 2018.
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Either way though, will Israel be a major issue here? Because does Benjamin Netanyahu want a ceasefire in any case?
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No. Israel is most likely the country involved in all of this right now that does not want uh any kind of lull in in
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the war because as far as they're concerned it's very good that the Americans continue to help them industrially demolish Iran and that is something they cannot accomplish on
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their own. So they need to drag this out and I would imagine that the fact that this plan looks very much like that year old plan almost uh is partly a way for
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them to guarantee that the Iranians will reject it. The Iranian leadership might say, "Look, we were talking before and then you hit us, so why should we trust you now?"
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Absolutely. And I think that's one of the reasons that they've so far been very very um cool and distant when it when the idea of a ceasefire has come up
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because they don't want the repeat of all of these things. They want to make sure that when they get to sit down with the Americans, the Americans understand
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that returning to war will have an immense cost that they cannot afford. So when we finally do sit down, it's going
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to have to be for something very serious and you're going to have to do this in a serious way rather than just sending your son-in-law and your golfing partner to fix it.
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Ruse Pari, thank you very much indeed for joining us. We appreciate your time. Thank you.
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Now despite talk of American ceasefire plan, the conflict in West Asia is still continuing. Iran has warned of a stronger response if its infrastructure
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is further targeted. Iran's new military adviser, Musen Razi, has delivered a warning to Washington. He suggested that
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time is running out to avoid a wider escalation. His remarks come as rhetoric between the two sides continues to intensify. In fact, Iran claims it
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launched a cruise missile towards the American warship USS Abraham Lincoln just hours ago. Well, there's been no immediate confirmation of this or
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response from US officials. As I also warned of an escalation in Iran's response, making it clear that any action against Iran would be met with far more severe consequences.
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If you attack the infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran, our response will no longer be an eye for an eye, but
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rather a head for an eye. We will paralyze you and drown you in the Gulf.
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He also accused Israel of drawing the United States into the conflict,
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claiming Washington had been misled by the idea of a greater Israel, a contested concept, referring to an expanded Israeli territory beyond its
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current borders, and now finds itself caught between its own military leadership and its allies. Iran has also hardened its position on ending the war.
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Officials say the conflict will continue until sanctions are lifted, damages are compensated for, and guarantees are
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provided against future attacks. Tran has further demanded assurances against US interference in its internal affairs.
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On Monday, President Donald Trump signaled a possible diplomatic opening.
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He said the United States and Iran have held useful conversations.
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So, we are now having really good discussions. They started uh last night
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a little bit the night before that and uh I think they you know I think they're very good they want to they want peace
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they've agreed they will not have a nuclear weapon you know etc etc but we'll see you have to get it done but I would say there's a very good chance
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Trump also announced a temporary pause on planned strikes on Iran's power plants for 5 days to allow talks to continue
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is I announced earlier based on preliminary conversations between the United States and Iran over the past two days. I've directed the Department of
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War to temporarily postpone planned strikes against major energy and electricity targets in Iran.
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Iran, on the other hand, has strongly denied any negotiations have taken place. Parliament Speaker Muhammad Baker Alib called the claims fake news and accused the US of misleading the world.
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He said no talks have taken place and insisted Iran will continue to push for punishment of its adversaries even as
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diplomatic signals emerge. Israel carried out a large wave of air strikes inside Iran while Iran launched attacks
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on targets in Tel Aviv. So with warnings, denials, and military action unfolding simultaneously, the path to peace in the region remains uncertain.
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Well, still to come on the program,
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shooting for the stars as NASA reveals plans for a lunar base by 2030.
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But first,
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called Pete. I called General Kaine. I called a lot of our great people. We have great people. And I said, "Let's talk. We got a problem in the Middle
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East. We have a country known as Iran that for 47 years has been just a purveyor of terror and they're very
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close to having a nuclear weapon. We can keep going and get that 50,000 up to 55
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and 60 is no end or we can take a stop and make a little journey into the Middle East and eliminate a big problem.
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And uh Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up and you said, "Let's do it. Well, with that line spoken at a
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round table in Tennessee, Donald Trump opened a new chapter in the story of how the United States went to war with Iran.
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And in doing so, he placed responsibility once again somewhere other than himself. For weeks, there has been confusion about how the conflict
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began. Each day brings a different account. Each official offers a different explanation, and Trump at the center of it has slowly shifted from
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taking credit to distributing blame. And Trump's latest version puts his secretary of war Pete Hexth into the spotlight because according to Trump,
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Hgse had immediately pushed for action.
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Now that stands in contrast to earlier narratives because at various points,
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Trump suggested it was the US that forced Israel to attack Iran.
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We were having negotiations with these lunatics and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack. if we didn't do it,
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they were going to attack first. I felt strongly about that. And we have great negotiators, great people, people that
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do this very successfully and have done it all their lives very successfully.
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And based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were going to attack first. And I didn't want that to happen.
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So if anything, I might have forced Israel's hand.
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Even inside the administration, the picture has never been consistent. Vice President J. Vance has been notably hesitant about intervention. He
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reportedly urged caution, even if he never said so publicly.
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What the president said consistently going back to 2015, and I agreed with them, is that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. We have taken this military action under the president's
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leadership, that's the approach that I've taken. Make it as successful as possible.
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Well, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chief of Staff Susie Wilds also opposed an aggressive approach. However, last week, Joe Kent, the head of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned,
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saying that Israel had influenced the decision to go to war. And through all of this, Hexath has become the face of the conflict. He's defended the scale of
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the air campaign and argued that the mission must continue until Iran's capabilities are destroyed.
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We negotiate uh with bombs. You have a choice as we loiter over the top of Tyrron, as the president talked about,
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about your future. president has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon. The War Department agrees our job is to ensure that and so we're
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keeping our our hand on that throttle uh as long as as hard as is necessary to ensure the interests of the United States of America are achieved on that
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battlefield. This is not Iraq and Afghanistan. This is not a president who's interested in in in vague end states. He's been very clear with us about what we need to accomplish,
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creating the conditions for them never to have a nuclear capability.
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Yet Trump's most recent comments complicate that message because it's rare for a president to single out his chief military policy adviser in the
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middle of a war. However, it's even rarer when the conflict's origins are disputed. The timeline is shifting and responsibility remains unclear.
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So the question that has hung over this war since day one still remains. Who really wanted this fight? And who will be left taking the blame if it doesn't go to plan?
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Beneath the surface of the world's oceans, a silent strategy is taking shape. China is expanding a vast
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undersea mapping network from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean and even the Arctic. On paper, it appears to be scientific research, but experts say the
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data being collected could play a crucial role in submarine warfare. Here's our report.
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Beneath the calm blue surface of the world's oceans, a silent race is unfolding. No explosions, no headlines,
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just data and lots of it. China is quietly mapping the ocean floor across the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and even
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the icy Arctic. On paper, it looks like science. But beneath that surface lies something far more strategic.
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Take the Dongfang Hong 3. It sounds like a harmless research vessel, but reports indicate that over 2024 and 2025, it's
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been anything but idle. This ship has been zigzagging through some of the most sensitive waters on the planet.
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Near Taiwan, close to the American military hub in Guam and across key routes in the Indian Ocean. At one point, it reportedly checked on
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underwater sensors near Japan. Then, it came back again months later. In another stretch, reports say it swept across the waters between Sri Lanka and Indonesia,
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right near the Malaka Strait, a choke point through which a huge chunk of global trade passes.
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According to reports, dozens of other Chinese research vessels are also doing similar work. Hundreds of sensors are already sitting underwater, quietly
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collecting information. Data accumulated over 5 years show a pattern. This isn't random. It's targeted, consistent, and expanding.
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Officially, much of this is civilian research, studying fishing zones,
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exploring minerals, understanding ocean currents. But there's another layer.
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Naval experts say this kind of data is gold in modern warfare, especially submarine warfare. Because under the sea, sound is everything.
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Submarines don't rely on sight. They rely on sound waves, echoes, and vibrations. And those sound waves behave differently depending on water
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temperature, salinity, and even the shape of the seabed. So if you know the ocean well enough, you can hide better
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or detect others more easily. That's where China's strategy comes in. What it calls civil military fusion. It's the
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idea that civilian research can directly support military power. The same data used for science can also guide submarines through contested waters or
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help track enemy vessels. And the focus areas are telling. Waters near the Philippines around Guam and Hawaii,
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close to American military outposts,
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even the Arctic where new sea routes are opening up. In fact, China has mapped large parts of the Indian Ocean, too. A
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region critical for its oil imports and trade lifelines.
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What makes this moment different is the scale, the reach, the quiet consistency of it all. Because this isn't just about
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understanding the ocean, it's about mastering it.
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While the world watches missiles and fighter jets in the sky, the real game may be unfolding beneath the waves. And the side that knows the ocean best might just control it.
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Now, could humans be living and working on the moon within the next decade? NASA has unveiled ambitious roadmap for the future of space exploration with plans
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to build a 20 billion base on the lunar surface by 2030. NASA chief Jared Azakman made the announcement while
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opening a dayong event at the AY's headquarters in Washington on Tuesday.
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He further detailed a number of key changes to NASA's flagship lunar program, Artemis.
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America will never again give up the moon. That brings us to the next step,
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building the moon base. It should not really surprise anyone that we are pausing Gateway in its current form and focusing on uh infrastructure that
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supports sustained operations on the lunar surface. Despite some of the very real hardware and schedule challenges,
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we can repurpose equipment and international partner commitments to support surface and other program objectives.
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Well, the project aims to establish a sustained human presence on the lunar surface. According to officials, the base will support long-term missions,
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scientific research, and advanced technology testing. At the same time,
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NASA has decided to cancel plans for a space station in lunar orbit. Well, the move marks a major shift in strategy.
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Instead of building infrastructure around the moon, the space agency has chosen to focus directly on developing a permanent base on the lunar surface itself.
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The moon base will not appear overnight.
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We will invest approximately $20 billion over the next seven years and build it through dozens of missions working together with commercial and international partners towards a deliberate and achievable plan.
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The Luna outpost would serve as a hub for astronauts and include habitats,
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power systems, and research facilities designed to operate in the moon's harsh environment. While the plan is closely linked to NASA's Aremis program as
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astronauts are expected to conduct longer stays on the lunar surface.
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Azacman said the new lunar mission timeline aims to conclude before the end of President Donald Trump's term and that the missions will test new
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technologies required to support human life beyond Earth. There will be an evolutionary path to building humanity's
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first permanent surface outpost beyond Earth. And we will take the world along with us.
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But NASA's ambitions extend far beyond Earth's satellite. The agency has also outlined plans to develop a nuclearpowered spacecraft capable of
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traveling to Mars. In our science missions, we are opening the lunar surface to researchers and students
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nationwide. And with Space Reactor 1 Freedom, we are finally putting nuclear propulsion on a trajectory out of the
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laboratory and into deep space. And this is all possible by investing in our people, bringing critical skills back
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into the agency, putting our teams where the machines are being built, and creating real pathways for the next generation of NASA leaders.
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Unlike traditional rockets, nuclear propulsion could generate greater efficiency and sustained thrust. This technology could dramatically shorten the journey time between Earth and Mars,
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for example. Experts say faster travel will be crucial for future human missions to the red planet. It will also reduce astronauts exposure to radiation
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and other deep space risks. Well, the planned lunar base and advanced propulsion technology form the backbone
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of NASA's long-term exploration strategy. Though, of course, other countries will also be formulating their own plans for any future space race.
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That's it on the show today. We'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for watching. Bye-bye. Hey,
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