Can you imagine a US nuclear submarine sinking in San Diego and the government hushes it up and doesn’t tell anybody about it? I mean, holy cow."
The whole boat would be full of water. You’d have to clean out all the electronics. The electric motors may need to be replaced. It would be a lot of work."
In addition to the obvious questions about training standards and equipment quality, the incident raises deeper questions about the PLA's internal accountability and oversight of China's defense industry - which has long been plagued by corruption,
It's not surprising that the PLA Navy would try to conceal
We are not familiar with the situation you mentioned and currently have no information to provide,
It will be a setback and it’s really embarrassing
Intelligence reports that on 21st of August there was an onboard accident whilst carrying out a mission in the Yellow Sea
The sinking of a new nuclear sub that was produced at a new yard will slow China’s plans to grow its nuclear submarine fleet,