MIC: the American submarine Connecticut could have received critical damage
The Connecticut nuclear submarine of the Seawolf project, which collided with a seamount in the South China Sea, could have received critical damage that did not allow for its restoration, writes the Military-Industrial Courier (MIC).
The Russian weekly newspaper assures that there are "disappointing conclusions for the Pentagon" based on the results of the incident.
In particular, the publication doubts the ability of this submarine to "see and hear the environment." "Putting Connecticut in the Puget Sound repair docks makes one think about the impossibility of its restoration, since this shipyard is the only one in the USA that has a certificate for the disposal of nuclear submarines," writes the MIC.
In October, The Drive, referring to US Navy veteran submariner Aaron Amick, wrote that the topography of the bottom of the South China Sea, in the depths of which the Connecticut submarine collided with an object, is subject to frequent changes due to tectonic activity.
In the same month, the former commander of the nuclear submarine, captain of the first rank Igor Kurdin, commenting on the possible circumstances of the recent collision of a US submarine with an object, said that at a safe depth of 45 meters, the submarine could not meet with any surface ship or vessel, including a tanker.
