Upgraded Jiaolong Submersible Completes 7,000-Meter Sea Trials, Diving to 7,056.9 Meters

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone at 28 Oct, 01:54 UTC

After its second round of upgrades, China's Jiaolong manned submersible made three test dives in the Philippine Basin, two of them past 7,000 meters, using new lithium batteries and thrusters.

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• T2Upgraded Jiaolong Submersible Completes 7,000-Meter Sea Trials, Diving to 7,056.9 MetersChina: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone28 Oct, 01:54