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Sputnik: Chinese Think Tank Triangulates Spot Where US Sub Likely Collided With Mystery Object
Last Thursday, the US Pacific Fleet reported that 11 Navy seamen received minor to moderate injuries after their nuclear attack sub struck an unknown object while submerged and operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region on 2 October. US media later clarified that the incident took place in the highly sensitive South China Sea.
A Beijing-based think tank believes it’s honed in on the approximate area where the USS Connecticut bumped into a mystery object during operations in the South China Sea earlier this month.
Speaking to the Chinese language edition of the Global Times newspaper, Hu Bo, director of the South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI), said the think tank used satellite data to determine that the sub was likely to have had its accident southeast of China’s Hainan Island and north of the Paracel/Xisha Islands in the Hainan-Paracel-Bashi Channel triangle.
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WNU editor: As for the USS Connecticut, a damage assessment is underway .... Assessment of Damaged Attack Boat USS Connecticut Begins in Guam (USNI News).
Update: Apparently the bow was heavily damaged .... Bow of U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Submarine “Seriously” Damaged in South China Sea Collision Incident (Defense World).
