US submarine hit underwater seamount in South China Sea

[Oldman1]

These don't look small. We will find out eventually what it got hit with but even if hit by a unmanned sub, smart move by China, will make Americans know they can't just openly roam around displaying their might.

Dude the USS Connecticut is like 9,000 ton boat. An incident with U.S. submarine and a Japanese civilian boat which the sub hit it and sank it with negligence was a 1,000 ton ship. The sub hardly felt a thing.

 

[serenity]

So you mean the US submarine failed to detect an underwater mountain?

It has happened before and could be due to rare human error or sensors malfunction.

It could also be another submarine but then US would say that unless they are managing information that is sensitive and choose not to for those reasons such as to avoid releasing the details of collision and to manage opinions or to hide certain details like where the collision happened and what the reasons are. To avoid probing those questions.

 

[Oldman1]

So you mean the US submarine failed to detect an underwater mountain?

Most likely if its similar to last time. Or a new large underwater object, possible a sunken wreck.

No disclosed underwater drone has the size to damage a large nuclear submarine. They said many crew injured. That is a lot of force required and unless this was actually war time shooting where Chinese side fired on the Seawolf and used a drone as a weapon like explosion, it cannot do that much damage. The speeds are too slow for real damage to even first layer hull. It will not even make crew fall over.

It could be warning shot or collision with another submarine or collision with ground surface or underwater mountain which means human error. Or maybe the Americans have not told the truth at all.

I bet PLAN has a lot of underwater loitering drones with small to large warheads. Maybe small warheads during peacetime and directed to take a warning shot who knows but I doubt this is the case unless the Seawolf was inside Chinese waters otherwise it is act of war.

China would have made a big deal out of it. And other countries would have seen it as well since explosions make loud noise and you have surveillance everywhere there.

 

[antonius123]

Dude the USS Connecticut is like 9,000 ton boat. An incident with U.S. submarine and a Japanese civilian boat which the sub hit it and sank it with negligence was a 1,000 ton ship. The sub hardly felt a thing.

100 ton sub drone can also cause severe damage if it hit with fast speed.

 

[serenity]

Most likely if its similar to last time. Or a new large underwater object, possible a sunken wreck.


China would have made a big deal out of it. And other countries would have seen it as well since explosions make loud noise and you have surveillance everywhere there.

If it was collision between submarines both sides would say unless some details both sides really want to keep secret and this is highly unlikely. I think it is simply collision with ground or underwater mountain from human or equipment error. These things sometimes happen.

 

[Oldman1]

100 ton sub drone can also cause severe damage if it hit with fast speed.

Might as well throw a rock at a train. It will damage the train but it won't feel it. Nope, its something bigger that could cause injuries when sudden stop on the sub's momentum.

 

[GumNaam]

A silent signal from the PLAN to the usn...

We can see you but you can't see us.

 

[antonius123]

Might as well throw a rock at a train. It will damage the train but it won't feel it. Nope, its something bigger that could cause injuries when sudden stop on the sub's momentum.

Throw a truck into a running train and see what will happen.

 

[newb3e]

That is impossible scenario/case, China does not have balls to go closer to US navy.

then it must be Modi g swimming and spying in SC sea!

if its not a ship and not a submarine then if must be Siri Modi g!

MITRRRUNNN!!!

 

[Place Of Space]

The sub sunk?

 

[Basel]

Yeah? Are Chinese submarines supposed to be noisy?

Their AIP subs are very capable machines,. It's also possible that USN have hit something intentionally but not reporting it.

 

[truthfollower]

They are used for spying on internet traffic

but how

 

[MH.Yang]

Jeez.. that’s bad. Seawolf’s are rare beasts and extremely capable systems(probably more silent than the Virginia class)
They are used for spying on internet traffic and inserting special forces right into an enemy military port without them even knowing what happened.

Seawolf-class noise is 90-100 decibels.
The noise of a 10 horsepower tractor is usually 75 decibels.

 

[Beast]

probably just a fish

Low tech US sub. Can even get crashed by a fish.

Yes probably a collision with massive damage on Chinese submarine. Problem here is the lack of reporting from China. Firewall blocks everything. They control information.

If Chinese sub really got hit. The clown US will be first to report for us. You don't have to worry so much from Chinese regards to lack of report

But some just cannot accept superior Chinese sub tech that can avoid obstacle , going undetected and working well ..

 

[aziqbal]

Low tech US sub. Can even get crashed by a fish.

If Chinese sub really got hit. The clown US will be first to report for us. You don't have to worry so much from Chinese regards to lack of report

But some just cannot accept superior Chinese sub tech that can avoid obstacle , going undetected and working well ..

yes because US submarines do patrol

not like Chinese submarines we call them pier queens they never Leave port In case the breakdown