The US Navy is known for sailing carelessly in the South China Sea in the name of "freedom of navigation," and many of such activities are provocative and unprofessional, like crossing into other ships' normal sailing routes, trespassing into other navies' exercise zones and intruding into other countries' territorial waters, observers said. The US knows it is in a wrong position so it cannot reveal the details," Wei said. "The USS Connecticut likely sailed to a location where it is not allowed to be for a covert spy operation, but failed to effectively grasp the underwater situation and resulted in the collision. They haven't revealed the exact location where the collision happened and what object was hit by the submarine.īy not revealing the details of the collision, the US is intentionally hiding something, Wei Dongxu, a Beijing-based military expert, told the Global Times on Tuesday. It took the US Navy five days after the accident to make this short and vague statement, and until today, the US military has not revealed further details of the accident. The US Navy announced on October 7 that the USS Connecticut hit an "unknown object" on October 2 while submerged in the South China Sea that left more than 10 sailors injured and caused a partial damage to the submarine. The accident exposed intensive, hidden US military activities beyond freedom of navigation in the region, which could seriously damage navigation safety, fishing work, ecological environment, not to mention sovereignty violations in the South China Sea, experts said. To find out the truth, the Global Times launched on Tuesday an online petition, demanding the US military to reveal information on the collision. More than three weeks have passed since the USS Connecticut, a Seawolf-class nuclear-powered submarine of the US Navy, collided with an "unknown object" in the South China Sea, the US military still has not released basic information on the accident that is of concern to China and many other countries in the region. The agreement could however serve as a much-needed win for the South Korean leader, who has been trying to turn around an economy that came close to recession at the start of the year.What really happened in US nuclear submarine's mysterious collsion in South China Sea? The United States has also pledged to deploy more so-called "strategic assets" such as aircraft carriers, submarines, and long-range bombers to South Korea to act as a deterrent for its neighbour.īut while the so-called ‘Washington Declaration’ better involves South Korea in strategic planning for nuclear contingencies, there will be no deployment of US nuclear arms in the country. If Pyongang used its nuclear weapons against either country - they asserted - it would be "the end" of Kim Jong Un's regime. President Joe Biden and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol recently discussed ramping up the US security shield for the other country in the face of the nuclear-armed North's increased missile tests. ![]() It is also being seen as a way to reassure Seoul and curb talk of the country developing its own nuclear weapons.ĪLSO READ: China warns US, South Korea against 'provoking confrontation' with North Korea
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