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Satellite intel shows China building a new Yulan-class landing helicopter assault (LHA) ship.
Dubbed the Type 076, the vessel represents a substantial step forward in the ability of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to project power farther from China’s shores.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/chinas-massive-next-generation-amphibious-assault-ship-takes-shape
In the age of drones, bigger ships mean bigger targets.
There's lot's of talk about drone aircraft, but autonomous torpedoes have been developing apace since 1988. Even back then, they were clever enough to shut down and wait to reacquire.
Small boats testing (unarmed) clever torpedos learned the hard way to approach carefully for retrieval.
I can't imagine how smart and powerful torpedoes have become.