The development is a potential embarrassment for Beijing as it seeks to expand its military capabilities.
China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior US defence official says, a potential embarrassment for Beijing as it seeks to expand its military capabilities.
China has been pushing to expand its navy to compete with the US, including its fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.A senior US defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said China’s new first-in-class nuclear-powered attack submarine sank alongside a pier sometime between May and June.“We are not familiar with the situation you mentioned and currently have no information to provide,” the Chinese official said.
“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 defence industry - which has long been plagued by corruption,” the official said, using an acronym for the People’s Liberation Army.The news was first reported by theA series of satellite images from Planet Labs from June appear to show cranes at the Wuchang shipyard, where the submarine would have been docked.
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