![]() 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 Connecticuthit 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. What really happened in US nuclear submarine's mysterious collsion in South China Sea?
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