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Thursday, September 26, 2024 9:20:41 PM
China's newest nuclear submarine sank in dock, US officials confirm
Source: The Guardian
Loss of state-of-the-art vessel in May or June is setback to Chinese push for naval parity with US
Robert Tait in Washington and agencies
Thu 26 Sep 2024 16.40 EDT
China’s efforts to achieve maritime military parity with the US have suffered a serious blow after its newest state-of-the-art nuclear submarine sank in a dock, American officials have confirmed.
The incident happened last May or June at the Wuchang shipyard near Wuhan – the same city where the Covid-19 pandemic is believed to have originated – and came to light, thanks to satellite imagery, despite efforts by the country’s communist authorities to stage a cover-up.
A US defence official told Reuters that the Zhou-class vessel – first of a new kind of Chinese submarines and distinctive for its X-shaped stern that aids manoeuvrability – is believed to have been next to a pier when it sank.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/26/china-nuclear-submarine-sinks''
2. next time you steal our designs, remember....
Righty tightie, lefty loosie.
Just because you read from top to bottom doesn't mean you can loosen important fittings rather than tighten them.
6. Well, Damn!
I can see the conversation at the dock…
Stevedore: “Uhh, boss? You know that brand new, nuclear submarine that was docked at pier 2?”
Dockmaster: “Yeah, what about it?”
Stevedore: “Well, we have a couple of options. It can now be either an extension of the pier…or…it can be our newest, artificial reef.”
Dockmaster: “What?!?!”
Phone rings
Stevedore: (answers phone) “Uhh, sir? Xi Jinping is on the phone. He wants to know how loading is going for the Zhou’s sea trials. He says he wants it at sea, ASAP.”
(Sound of ripe melon smashing as dockmaster’s head bounces off the deck)
Source: The Guardian
Loss of state-of-the-art vessel in May or June is setback to Chinese push for naval parity with US
Robert Tait in Washington and agencies
Thu 26 Sep 2024 16.40 EDT
China’s efforts to achieve maritime military parity with the US have suffered a serious blow after its newest state-of-the-art nuclear submarine sank in a dock, American officials have confirmed.
The incident happened last May or June at the Wuchang shipyard near Wuhan – the same city where the Covid-19 pandemic is believed to have originated – and came to light, thanks to satellite imagery, despite efforts by the country’s communist authorities to stage a cover-up.
A US defence official told Reuters that the Zhou-class vessel – first of a new kind of Chinese submarines and distinctive for its X-shaped stern that aids manoeuvrability – is believed to have been next to a pier when it sank.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/26/china-nuclear-submarine-sinks''
2. next time you steal our designs, remember....
Righty tightie, lefty loosie.
Just because you read from top to bottom doesn't mean you can loosen important fittings rather than tighten them.
6. Well, Damn!
I can see the conversation at the dock…
Stevedore: “Uhh, boss? You know that brand new, nuclear submarine that was docked at pier 2?”
Dockmaster: “Yeah, what about it?”
Stevedore: “Well, we have a couple of options. It can now be either an extension of the pier…or…it can be our newest, artificial reef.”
Dockmaster: “What?!?!”
Phone rings
Stevedore: (answers phone) “Uhh, sir? Xi Jinping is on the phone. He wants to know how loading is going for the Zhou’s sea trials. He says he wants it at sea, ASAP.”
(Sound of ripe melon smashing as dockmaster’s head bounces off the deck)
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