Photo via New York Times To aid in hunt for fossil fuels and minerals to mine China has evidently entered the arena of deep sea submersible building, which is hardly surprising considering the nation’s current thrust towards achieving various feats of technological derring-do. According to the New York Times , Chinese researchers have built a sub that can descend to a record 4.35 miles below the surface, and it has already been tested at depths of at least 2… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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China Builds Sub That Can Dive a Record 4.35 Miles Underwater (Video)