USNI News Edition, referring to four sources, has disclosed specific damage that the SEAWOLF nuclear force atomic submarine (Navy) type received the course of the recent incident in the South China Sea.
Interlocutors familiar with the results of the preliminary investigation reported that after a collision with an unknown object, the submarines were damaged to nasal ballast tanks. It is noted that the nuclear reactor of the submarines did not suffer. On the state of torpedo vehicles, submarines are not reported.
The publication notes that the sudden repair of the submarine will require a revision of the previously approved schedule for the US Navy submarine.
In October, the Connecticut nuclear submarine damaged in the South China Sea fell on a picture of Planet Labs spacecraft. In the same month, the analytical organization South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) noted that the Connecticut submarine faced an unknown object in the South China Sea area, a limited island of Hainan, Parasiel Islands and Basi Channel.
Also Edition The Drive, referring to the veteran-submariner of the US Navy Aaron Amik, wrote that the topography of the bottom of the South China Sea, in the depths of which the submarine Connecticut collided with an unknown object, due to tectonic activity, is subject to frequent changes.