According to South China Morning Post, advances in artificial intelligence are drastically reducing submarines’ chances of survival in naval warfare-down to just 5 percent.

The newspaper cited research led by Meng Hao, a senior engineer at the China Helicopter Research and Development Institute, who worked on the development of an anti-submarine defense system. He argued that only one in twenty submarines would be able to avoid detection and attack.

The system created by Chinese specialists integrates data from sonar buoys, underwater sensors, radar, as well as information on water temperature and salinity. Using these inputs, the AI recalibrates equipment and determines how to respond when a submarine attempts evasive maneuvers-whether zigzagging, going silent, or sending out decoy signals.

Computer modeling indicated that the system can track hostile submarines in roughly 95 percent of cases. Researchers stressed that the long-held dominance of «invisible» submarines, once considered the cornerstone of naval deterrence, may be coming to an end.