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Chinas NEW Top-Of-The-Range Nuclear Submarine Embarrassingly SINKS In Harbour

Satellite images have shown cranes and rescue equipment around a dock at the Shuangliu shipyard as Chinas newest Zhou-class submarine sank in an embarrassing gaffe for China

AP 29 SEP 2024

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Beijing has been embarrassed as its new nuclear submarine sank as it was docked next to a pier as it underwent construction.

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The Zhou-class submarine, renowned for its x-shaped stern to aid maneuverability, is part of Chinas attempts to build the worlds largest Navy.

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A US defence official said satellite imagery showed the sub vanished under the water around May-time at the Shuangliu shipyard on the Yangtze River.

An image taken on June 15 appears to show the vessel either fully or partially submerged just under the rivers surface, with rescue equipment and cranes surrounding it. Booms surround it to prevent any oil or other leaks from the vessel.

The US is said to consider Chinas rise one of its main future security concerns. As of last year, the nation had six nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, six nuclear-powered attack submarines and 48 diesel-powered attack submarines.

It comes days after China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, stirring security concerns in the region already tense over Beijing's territorial claims and rivalry with the US. The ICBM carried a dummy warhead and fell into a designated area of the sea, the Defense Ministry said in a statement posted to social media.

The launch by the Peoples Liberation Armys Rocket Force was part of routine annual training, complied with international law and was not directed against any country or target, according to the statement. It is unclear how often China conducts tests over such a distance. In 1980, China launched an ICBM into the South Pacific.

A map published in Chinese newspapers at the time showed the target area as roughly a circle in the centre of a ring formed by the Solomon Islands, Nauru, the Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu, western Samoa, Fiji and the New Hebrides.