The American atomic submarine Connecticut type SEAWOLF faced with an unknown object in the area of the South China Sea, the limited island of Hainan, Parasiel Islands and the Bashi Canal, writes in Twitter Analytical organization South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI).
It is noted that in this area of Connecticut could accompany the aircraft carrier head led by the American aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, which was at a distance of up to 500 kilometers. Submarine, as defined in SCSPI, performed anti-submarine operations or led to Chinese ships.
In October, the DRIVE edition, referring to the veteran-submariner of the Naval Forces (IUD) of the United States Aaron Amik, wrote that the topography of the bottom of the South China Sea, in the depths of which the American nuclear submarine Connecticut faced with an unknown object, For tectonic activity is subject to frequent changes.
In the same month, the former commander of the atomic underwater cruiser captain of the first rank Igor Kurdin, commenting on the possible circumstances of the recent collision of the US submarines with an unknown object, told Izvestia that at a safe depth of 45 meters, a submarine could not meet with any superval ship or vessel, including tanker.