A submarine arms race is heating up in the Indo-Pacific amid a 'great threat' from China

REUTERS/China Daily

• The head of US Indo-Pacific Command warned about China's advancing submarine technology this week.
• Adm. Phil Davidson told senators that the US need to strengthen its underwater capabilities.
• Across the region, navies are working at add subs to keep an eye on China's increasingly active fleet.

The submarine arms race in the Indo-Pacific is heating up, military analysts said after the US Indo-Pacific commander told a Senate panel that America needed to strengthen its underwater advantage in the region.

Admiral Phil Davidson told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday that Chinese technological advances had been cutting into the US military advantage in the air and space.

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