Pentagon Confirms China’s New Nuclear Sub Sank in Shipyards

Published on September 27, 2024

China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sank in a shipyard near Wuhan earlier this year, according to the Pentagon, representing a setback in one of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) priority goals. The Wall Street Journal first reported the pierside sinking, which the Pentagon confirmed. The submarine is estimated to have sunk between May and June. Wuhan is home to two state-backed research institutes and is where China’s submarine research and development takes place. Satellite images of the new submarine were first shared online by defense analyst and Center for a New American Security senior adjunct fellow Tom Shugart. Ziding Zhou, an independent analyst following the CCP’s military developments, told the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times that the images showed the new model was just a few meters longer than China’s diesel-fueled Type 039A submarine....