A fisherman in Indonesia went to sea recently and found an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), which looks like China’s self-developed “Sea Wing” underwater glider. Since the location of the discovery is deep into Indonesian territorial waters, it is suspected that China is surveying the underwater waterways between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea for the use of PLA submarines in the future.
The fisherman Saeruddin picked up the UUV in the waters around Selayar Island in South Sulawesi on the 20th, although he believed it was not some kind of missile and did not think there were any explosives inside, but it was too heavy for him to pull it on board by himself, so he had to drag it back to the beach with a rope, and then transport it to his house with a wheelbarrow. And then transported to his house with a wheelbarrow.
It was reported that Saludin informed the relevant units on the 26th, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces then ordered that it be transferred to the naval base in Makassar for safekeeping and inspection.
The photo shows that the UUV has a nose cone in front with what appears to be a sensor window, and the middle window is significantly larger than the left window, and a towed antenna extends directly from the center of the tail end, all of which are in line with the exclusive features of the Sea Wing underwater glider.
The administrator of the Twitter account JATOSINT also pointed out that similar UUVs had been spotted by Indonesian fishermen in Indonesian waters far from China’s neighboring waters in March 2019 and January this year, respectively.
The Naval News website noted that the UUV was spotted between Sunda Strait and Lombok Strait. Both have access to the Indian Ocean and South China Sea and are of wartime importance.
The information collected by the UUV may include seawater temperature, turbidity, salinity, chlorophyll and oxygen levels, and while seemingly harmless and often used for scientific research, it is invaluable for naval deployments, especially for submarine operations.
China’s self-developed “Sea Wing” underwater glider, similar to the UUV, has allegedly been spotted three times by Indonesian fishermen in Indonesian waters far from China’s neighboring waters.
A fisherman in Indonesia recently picked up an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that resembles China’s self-developed “Seawing” underwater glider.
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