China React to US Nuclear Submarine Collision

[Orca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1447580355146383360

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[Battlion25]

I heard something about US submarine damage but just thought of it was rumors. Can someone let me in on the loop here

 

[Orca]

China demands answers on US nuclear submarine accident in South China Sea

• Chinese foreign ministry blames freedom of navigation operations as it seeks details on the where and how of collision and the likely nuclear risks
• Complex underwater terrain and ongoing nuclear submarine arms race increase risk of accidents in the region, analyst warns

A US Navy attack submarine “struck an object while submerged” in international waters in the South China Sea, officials said on Thursday.
They said there were no life-threatening injuries and the sub was still fully operational.
In a brief statement providing few details of an incident that happened on the afternoon of October 2, US Pacific Fleet said the USS Connecticut remained in a “safe and stable condition”.
The Seawolf-class submarine’s nuclear propulsion plant was not affected, it added.

“The extent of damage to the remainder of the submarine is being assessed,” the statement said, adding that the incident will be investigated.

The submarine on exercise in Alaska in 2011. File photo: Reuters
The statement did not specify the location of the incident, but two US Navy officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss details not announced publicly, said it happened in the South China Sea while the Connecticut was conducting routine operations.

The officials said the sub then headed toward port at Guam.

Two sailors aboard the Connecticut sustained moderate injuries and about nine others had minor injuries like scrapes and bruises, the officials said. All were treated aboard the sub.

A US Naval Institute News report said the last known incidence of a US submarine striking an underwater object took place in 2005, when the USS San Francisco struck an underwater mountain in a collision that killed one sailor aboard.

The incident with the Connecticut comes just weeks after Australia, the UK and the US announced a new security arrangement. The so-called AUKUS pact also created a rift with France, which saw a US$66 billion deal to provide Australia conventional submarines voided in favour of a deal for American-made nuclear-powered ships.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the deal as a “game changer” for Australian security in the face of China’s military assertiveness, saying it would add to Indo-Pacific stability.

● A witness on Thursday told an inquest in London into the mysterious sinking of a French trawler that rescuers saw a submarine in the area of the type used by the Dutch navy.

A High Court judge is examining the death of fishermen from the Bugaled Breizh fishing boat, based in Brittany, which sank swiftly in fair weather conditions off the coast of Cornwall in January 15, 2004.

Family members of the five crew who died hope the three-week investigation that started on Monday will confirm their belief that the trawler was dragged down by a submarine.

Nato and Royal Navy exercises were taking place in the area at the time.

US nuclear sub hits underwater ‘object’ in South China Sea

The USS Connecticut’s nuclear propulsion plant was not affected and the vessel was in a ‘safe and stable condition’, a US Navy statement said.

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I wonder what would happen if a Chinese sub knocked into something in waters off the west or east coast of the United States. I wonder if China is exercising its navy around the west.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I wonder what would happen if a Chinese sub knocked into something in waters off the west or east coast of the United States.

Nothing, as they would never admit it publicly.

Russia lost a sub with all its crew off Hawaii and said nothing.

I expect China to also keep silent.

 

[Qmjd]

China demands answers on US nuclear submarine accident in South China Sea

• Chinese foreign ministry blames freedom of navigation operations as it seeks details on the where and how of collision and the likely nuclear risks
• Complex underwater terrain and ongoing nuclear submarine arms race increase risk of accidents in the region, analyst warns

A US Navy attack submarine “struck an object while submerged” in international waters in the South China Sea, officials said on Thursday.
They said there were no life-threatening injuries and the sub was still fully operational.
In a brief statement providing few details of an incident that happened on the afternoon of October 2, US Pacific Fleet said the USS Connecticut remained in a “safe and stable condition”.
The Seawolf-class submarine’s nuclear propulsion plant was not affected, it added.

“The extent of damage to the remainder of the submarine is being assessed,” the statement said, adding that the incident will be investigated.

The submarine on exercise in Alaska in 2011. File photo: Reuters
The statement did not specify the location of the incident, but two US Navy officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss details not announced publicly, said it happened in the South China Sea while the Connecticut was conducting routine operations.

The officials said the sub then headed toward port at Guam.

Two sailors aboard the Connecticut sustained moderate injuries and about nine others had minor injuries like scrapes and bruises, the officials said. All were treated aboard the sub.

A US Naval Institute News report said the last known incidence of a US submarine striking an underwater object took place in 2005, when the USS San Francisco struck an underwater mountain in a collision that killed one sailor aboard.

The incident with the Connecticut comes just weeks after Australia, the UK and the US announced a new security arrangement. The so-called AUKUS pact also created a rift with France, which saw a US$66 billion deal to provide Australia conventional submarines voided in favour of a deal for American-made nuclear-powered ships.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the deal as a “game changer” for Australian security in the face of China’s military assertiveness, saying it would add to Indo-Pacific stability.

● A witness on Thursday told an inquest in London into the mysterious sinking of a French trawler that rescuers saw a submarine in the area of the type used by the Dutch navy.

A High Court judge is examining the death of fishermen from the Bugaled Breizh fishing boat, based in Brittany, which sank swiftly in fair weather conditions off the coast of Cornwall in January 15, 2004.

Family members of the five crew who died hope the three-week investigation that started on Monday will confirm their belief that the trawler was dragged down by a submarine.

Nato and Royal Navy exercises were taking place in the area at the time.

US nuclear sub hits underwater ‘object’ in South China Sea

The USS Connecticut’s nuclear propulsion plant was not affected and the vessel was in a ‘safe and stable condition’, a US Navy statement said.

www.scmp.com

I wonder what would happen if a Chinese sub knocked into something in waters off the west or east coast of the United States. I wonder if China is exercising its navy around the west.

Good point

 

[serenity]

There's no way it collided with a Chinese submarine otherwise US government wouldn't be hiding and Chinese government wouldn't be talking like Zhao Lijian. Chinese side knows what happened and is just pushing US in the same way US would do if it was Chinese submarine that collided. If positions are reversed, USA would be making up stories of nuclear leakage already. It's just the same medicine but if it was a Chinese submarine, Chinese government will probably accuse US of ramming them or something like that it's a good opportunity to cry victim but they are not. They are asking the US to tell everyone what happened and where it happened but chances are they know very well.