USS CONNECTICUT VMS submarine Could encounter underwater mountain, as it probably did not use the hydroacoustic complex mode to hide the presence in the South China Sea. Such a cause of the accident called RIA Novosti Former head of the headquarters of the Russian Federation of the Russian Federation (1998-2005) Admiral Viktor Kravchenko.
According to the military, the submarine was in the mode of noiselessness, as it may wanted to hide. “Noiselessness, naturally, does not allow to detect something,” he clarified.
Kravchenko indicated that the underwater object could really be absent on American maps, as this is just the newly appeared mountain. “The mountains grow, it is quite possible,” said the former head of the Main Staff of the Navy of Russia.
Admiral noticed that the object could occur artificially. In his opinion, the mountain could “blame” China to eliminate the passage of submarines.
The fact that the American atomic impact submarine faced an unknown subject in the Indo-Pacific region, it became known on October 8. PE happened during the dive. As a result, 11 sailors were injured, they were injured light and moderate severity. According to the US military, the accident did not affect the nuclear power plant.