Chinese Submarine Accident

[Dixie]

Have y'all seen this news story? I find it fascinating. What are y'all's thoughts?
(I'm admittedly not a big news follower. Fretting over things beyond my control only stresses me out.)
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-submarine-deaths-10092023041959.html

[GH85Carrera]

That is the first I heard of it.

Submarines are difficult and dangerous to operate.

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That is the first I heard of it.

Submarines are difficult and dangerous to operate.

Probably why I've never been allowed on one, haha.

[Arizona_928]

noice

[john70t]

That's the official story. Certainly not the first. Sad situation for those on board.

[Robert Coats]

They say the crew died as they could not surface and ran out of oxygen....later:

“Six hours is not enough to result in hypoxia without something else consuming the oxygen first, like a fire or explosion,” Shugart told Radio Free Asia.

Yeah, I'm thinking something else went wrong, not just getting hung up in a net.

But then, what do I know? The Navy trained me to track and kill enemy submarines. :-)

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by Robert Coats

...not just getting hung up in a net.
But then, what do I know? The Navy trained me to track and kill enemy submarines. :-)

A Chinese sub caught in a Chinese sub trap. It just sounds odd.

[thingmon]

Torpedo failure mentioned later into the article. Seems more plausible, but I'm surprised the CCP would admit that.

[Tobra]

One thing for sure, whatever the CCP says happened, that is not what happened

[otto_kretschmer]

How do you say "glug glug glug" in Mandarin?

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by Tobra

One thing for sure, whatever the CCP says happened, that is not what happened

Exactly.

[2.7RS]

Made in China out of chinesium

[URY914]

That seagull is HUGE!

[pavulon]

Birds are not real.

Bionic
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Recording
Drone

[hcoles]

Originally Posted by Tobra

One thing for sure, whatever the CCP says happened, that is not what happened

One of the best posts ever.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by 2.7RS

Made in China out of chinesium

Likely that is the issue.

[stevej37]

RIP to the Sailors who died.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by stevej37

RIP to the Sailors who died.

+1

It’s similar to Tom Hanks’ character in Greyhound, upon sinking their first U-boat.

What a terrible way to go. Those guys likely knew what trouble they were in.

[917_Langheck]

Originally Posted by otto_kretschmer

How do you say "glug glug glug" in Mandarin?

Put a "r" sound at the end of the word to inflect the Beijing accent, and make it sound more official.

[LWJ]

I have a very good friend who was a submarine officer and a neighbor who was one as well. They tell me the other team’s gear is far poorer than ours. Bad things happen and the margins are thin. What a sad way to go.