China Builds Massive Antenna That Could Be Used for Communication With Submarines

Communist regime claims that its Wireless Electromagnetic Method transmitter is for civilian purposes, but keeps project location top secret

A member of the PLA Navy Task group disembarks from a Chinese PLA Naval submarine berthed in Hong Kong waters 30 April 2004. MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images

A giant antenna that will have the capability to communicate with submarines deep underwater is being developed in China, according to the South China Morning Post.

The project, Wireless Electromagnetic Method (WEM), has taken 13 years to build, and is now ready to transmit, Chinese researchers stated.