Damaged in the South China Sea Atomic submarine Connecticut type SeaWolf of the US Navy (Navy), the United States fell on a picture of Planet Labs spacecraft. The corresponding photo showed the Edition The Drive.
The submarine is in Guam, being moored to the pier. Visible damage to the submarine is not noticeable. Near the submarines there are no signs of any infrastructure indicating repair work.
Based on the limited information that satellite photography provides, it seems more likely that the collision [submarines with an unknown object] has occurred significantly below the submarine waterline, for example, in the area of the Corps bottom. This may exclude the possibility of a frontal collision or a collision from above ” – writes the publication.
In October, the analytical organization South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) noted that the Connecticut submarine faced an unknown object in the South China region, a limited island of Hainan, Parasiel Islands and the Bashi Canal.
In the same month, 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 Connecticut submarine was collided with an unknown object, due to 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, said that at a safe depth of 45 meters, a submarine could not meet with any surface ship or vessel , including tanker.