New Chinese nuclear attack submarine sank, U.S. officials says

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-nuclear-attack-submarine-sank-us-officials-says/

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  1. I’m not gonna lie china. You surrounding your self with russia and north korea as your buddies really put a military damper on your progression. Its like surrounding your self with a bunch of crack heads and expecting not to get brain rot.

  2. Spoiler alert.  Every nation that’s had a substantial submarine program has had a sub sink in dock during testing.   It didn’t stop any nation from continuing their submarine programs.

  3. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-nuclear-attack-submarine-sank-us-officials-says/) reduced by 83%. (I’m a bot)
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    > Satellite imagery showed that China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank alongside a pier while under construction, a U.S. military official confirmed to CBS News on Thursday.

    > The submarine likely sank between May and June, when satellite images showed cranes that would be necessary to lift it off the bottom of the river, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details about the submarine loss.

    > Thomas Shugart, a former U.S. Navy submariner and an analyst at the Center for a New American Security, first noticed the incident involving the submarine in July, though it wasn't publicly known at the time that it involved the new Zhou-class vessel.

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  4. Dude_I_got_a_DWAVE on

    “You thought we didn’t know about your attempts to steal secrets? Yeah, we modified them a bit before your mole handed them over”

    Sincerely,

    CIA

  5. Advanced metallurgy remains a problem for the Chinese. They’ve obviously improved significantly, but the level that the US Industry can pull off remains a bar too high for them in this sector.

  6. wouldn’t the best stealth submarine trick you into thinking it sunk? while it’s actually… RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!

  7. I miss my old job in the submarine Intel community. Guarantee we knew about this as it was happening.

  8. Guys that’s not a problem. It’s supposed to sink by design, which they nailed. It’s the failed un-sinking system that is the problem. /s

  9. KeyGroundbreaking390 on

    “Build me straight, O worthy Master!
    Stanch and strong, a goodly vessel,
    That shall laugh at all disaster,
    And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!”

    –Longfellow

  10. ConstantStatistician on

    >  An image taken June 15 appears to show the submarine either fully or partially submerged just under the river’s surface, with rescue equipment and cranes surrounding it. 

    Not the best evidence. The dark shape looks like a crane’s shadow.

  11. So if even China’s military equipment and their nuclear armed forces aren’t well maintained then imagine Russia’s.

    Then again incompetency is inevitable under Authoritarian regimes and Trump should take note.

  12. A submarine can’t really sink; it just becomes an underwater base. “Sorry for the inconvenience, but we’re still fully operational—just more committed to our mission of submersion”

  13. how many times is this news going to be posted lmao? it’s like the 6th one I saw in the last 24h and I barely check reddit

  14. I mean, this one will sink, but do you think China will give up? They’ll make another one, and they’ll get it right. Then they’ll make 500 of them.