Some submariners call the USS Connecticut the luxury sports car of subs. But despite its high cost and sophisticated tech, the US Navy says the Seawolf-class nuclear-powered attack sub ran smack into an undersea mountain on October 2. | Analysis
Hong Kong Some submariners call the USS Connecticut the luxury sports car of submarines. It's a $3 billion piece of American military hardware that's fast and outfitted with the latest electronic gadgetry only available when price is not a consideration.
But despite its high cost and sophisticated tech, the United States Navy says the Seawolf-class nuclear-powered attack sub ran smack into an undersea mountain in the Pacific on October 2.The Connecticut is now pierside at a US Navy base on the Pacific island of Guam. The Navy says it got there -- more than 1,800 miles east of the South China Sea -- under its own power and its nuclear reactor was not harmed, although 11 of its crew of suffered minor injuries in the collision.
Rare footage shows US patrol of South China Sea 02:56"We have repeatedly expressed our grave concern over the incident and asked the US side to take a responsible attitude and provide a detailed clarification so as to give a satisfactory account to the international community and countries in the region," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said this week.
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