When a US nuclear submarine with such capabilities has a collision capable of killing U.S. It is claimed that they are not so equipped at present because the Navy’s “policy decisions” have “phased out” their nuclear role, according to the hawkish Center For Strategic and International Studies. But they can be equipped with Intermediate Range (1250-2500 km) Tomahawk cruise missiles which can be armed with nuclear warheads. The Connecticut is one of only three Seawolf class of submarines, which are assumed to be on spying missions. Navy ascribed to a collision with an undersea object.Īfter sustaining damage, the submarine apparently surfaced close to the Paracel Islands which lie only 150 nautical miles from China’s Yulin submarine base in Hainan Province. On that day the nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS Connecticut, suffered serious damage in an undersea incident which the U.S. elephant, trudging stealthily about, far from home in the South China Sea. He was referring to the consequences for East Asia of a conflict between the US and China.įast forward to October 2, 2021, about one year later, and the first patch of grass has been stomped on by the U.S. So warned Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2020. “When elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.” A Wake-up Call for East Asia – and the World.
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