Source: World Wide Web
The US nuclear submarine that "hit a mountain" in the South China Sea more than a month ago has a new "movement" and has been exposed to have left the Guam docks and may be sailing toward the west coast of the United States.
The "South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness" program platform released news on November 18 that the US Navy's "Connecticut" nuclear submarine sailed out of the Guam port on the same day.
The announcement of the "South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness" program platform
The South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness program platform mentioned that the U.S. Naval Academy (USNI) website has previously reported that the Connecticut is expected to return to the U.S. mainland for repairs due to the lack of dry docks for repairs of nuclear submarines in Hawaii. The platform speculates that the USS Connecticut may be heading toward the west coast of the United States.
The US Navy's "Connecticut" nuclear submarine has been docked on Guam for more than a month since the "mountain collision" accident occurred in the South China Sea, and the US side hastily dismissed the captain of the nuclear submarine and 3 other people.
The U.S. Navy disclosed the collision in a Statement of Oct. 7, when it merely declared the USS Connecticut to be in a "safe and stable state." On November 1, the U.S. Seventh Fleet issued a statement investigating the accident of the USS Connecticut, saying that the object that collided with the submarine in the waters of the South China Sea was an "unknown submarine mountain".
According to the latest report on the US "Military Times" website on November 18, after the "mountain collision" accident on the US Navy's "Connecticut" nuclear submarine last month, the US Navy's submarine department issued a "voyage suspension" order from this week. But U.S. submarine force officials explained that unlike previous surface fleet suspensions or aviation units, the November 17 "voyage moratorium" order would not halt all U.S. submarine activities.
There is also the ANALYSIS media that believes that the damage to this nuclear submarine may be so serious that it has to be retired early, and the US Navy is now facing a dilemma, whether it is repaired or decommissioned, it will pay a huge price.
Zhang Junshe, a researcher at the China Naval Research Institute, said the official statement of the US Seventh Fleet was still hidden. "Under the strong appeal and demand of the international community, the US military only issued this vague statement like toothpaste a month after the incident to prevaricate, which is not only lacking in sincerity, but also opaque and unprofessional, and indeed disappointing."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on November 2 that we once again urge the US side to elaborate on the relevant circumstances of the accident and fully respond to the concerns and doubts of regional countries, and the key is to stop sending warships and warplanes around to provoke and show off force, and to stop acts that harm the sovereignty and security of other countries, otherwise such accidents will probably not be less, but more.