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US nuclear attack submarine collides with an 'unknown object' in the South China Sea amid rising tensions with Beijing over Taiwan

• The U.S. Pacific Fleet said on Thursday that the USS Connecticut hit an object in the Indo-Pacific region on Sunday
  
• It said her nuclear propulsion system was not damaged and it was investigating
  
• One report said 11 sailors were injured in the collision with an 'unknown object' 
  
• The Navy offered no further details about the submarines operations
  
• But the South China Sea is one of the most contested areas on the planet
  
• News of the accident emerged on same day it was revealed that U.S. troops have been training Taiwanese forces for the pas yer 
  
• And on Thursday the CIA announced a 'China Mission Center' to focus on threat from Beijing
  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...oCaQnk7emo

USO. Unidentified Submerged Object.

How can a multi billion dollar submarine just run into something?  Is it being driven by a teenage girl?

(10-08-2021, 06:17 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]How can a multi billion dollar submarine just run into something?  Is it being driven by a teenage girl?

They got the ballast wrong.

(10-08-2021, 06:17 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]How can a multi billion dollar submarine just run into something?  Is it being driven by a teenage girl?

Do a search for the submarine USS San Francisco.

Online, not at the bottom of the sea.

(10-08-2021, 06:17 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]How can a multi billion dollar submarine just run into something?  Is it being driven by a teenage girl?

How many times do we have to tell these kids, don't drive on passive sonar.