Possible PLAN sub mishap

Rockstar · 08-21-23, 09:19 PM

Reports that a Chinese Navy (PLAN) submarine, apparently a nuclear powered Type-093 Shang Class boat, has suffered a serious accident including total loss of crew in the vicinity of the Taiwan Strait

This is currently *unconfirmed*, treat with great caution.

Aktungbby · 08-21-23, 09:58 PM

..like a certain Indian submarine....perhaps someone forgot to close the hatch?

Jimbuna · 08-22-23, 03:44 AM

I somehow doubt the Chinese will be quick to confirm or otherwise.

em2nought · 08-22-23, 03:55 AM

Be on the lookout for brooms.

Actually it's easy to picture a USS Maine type event happening with Chyna and our dumb leaders.

Skybird · 08-22-23, 04:30 AM

The boat carries Julang-3 SLBMs with 10,000 km range minimum. I wont miss it.

I wonder why SSBs are used for patrols ( else what did it do in the Taiwan Strait? WOPRizing the nuclearisation of Taiwan? Hardly). As I understand it their job is to become nonexistant at sea and not being heard of again until the day they return to harbour. Would one use an Ohio boat to attack a frighter convoy?

Jimbuna · 08-22-23, 04:42 AM

It could have been on-route to a patrol area.

Skybird · 08-22-23, 04:49 AM

Speaking for myself only, but I would not transit a high value asset like this through a traffic-dense area and this close to the enemy. I would drive around widely.

Anyhow, not my business. They now have one threat less against us, when i dont cry for Iranian nuclear scientists being taken out, I will not cry over a lost Chinese ballistic missile boat.

Jimbuna · 08-22-23, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

Speaking for myself only, but I would not transit a high value asset like this through a traffic-dense area and this close to the enemy. I would drive around widely.

Anyhow, not my business. They now have one threat less against us, when i dont cry for Iranian nuclear scientists being taken out, I will not cry over a lost Chinese ballistic missile boat.

DITTO

Commander Wallace · 08-22-23, 05:06 AM

Like Skybird and Jim had said, it's difficult to feel anything regarding the potential loss of an asset like a loss of a Chinese Submarine. However, It's the potential radioactive contamination in that area that is most worrisome.

The damage to marine wild life and perhaps fishing is also worrisome. I wonder if the Chinese planned this ?

Skybird · 08-22-23, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

The damage to marine wild life and perhaps fishing is also worrisome. I wonder if the Chinese planned this ?

Unlkely, since they are extensively fishing there, and its also a blow to their prestige like the Lunar-25 non-landing is a blow to Russia.

Aktungbby · 08-22-23, 07:33 AM

Like the Russians initially claimed in the Kursk disaster, I wouldn't be unduly shocked if the chinkaderos blamed something on an American sub in their South China Sea.

Jimbuna · 08-22-23, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Unlkely, since they are extensively fishing there, and its also a blow to their prestige like the Lunar-25 non-landing is a blow to Russia.

Oh but it did land....just not like it was expected or intended to

Catfish · 08-22-23, 01:27 PM

Every landing you can walk away from is a good landing, oh wait ..

Jimbuna · 08-22-23, 01:32 PM

Jeff-Groves · 08-22-23, 01:47 PM

Sounds like a K-19 thing. How many years before We got the truth about the Widow Maker?

08-21-23, 09:19 PM	#1
Rockstar Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 11,811 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Possible PLAN sub mishap Reports that a Chinese Navy (PLAN) submarine, apparently a nuclear powered Type-093 Shang Class boat, has suffered a serious accident including total loss of crew in the vicinity of the Taiwan Strait This is currently unconfirmed, treat with great caution. __________________ Guardian of the honey and nuts Let's assume I'm right, it'll save time.

08-21-23, 09:58 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	..like a certain Indian submarine....perhaps someone forgot to close the hatch? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-22-23, 03:44 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I somehow doubt the Chinese will be quick to confirm or otherwise. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-22-23, 03:55 AM	#4
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Be on the lookout for brooms. Actually it's easy to picture a USS Maine type event happening with Chyna and our dumb leaders. __________________ Looks like we need a Lemon Law for Presidents now! DNC sold us a dud, and they knew it.

08-22-23, 04:30 AM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,457 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	The boat carries Julang-3 SLBMs with 10,000 km range minimum. I wont miss it. I wonder why SSBs are used for patrols ( else what did it do in the Taiwan Strait? WOPRizing the nuclearisation of Taiwan? Hardly). As I understand it their job is to become nonexistant at sea and not being heard of again until the day they return to harbour. Would one use an Ohio boat to attack a frighter convoy? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-22-23, 04:42 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It could have been on-route to a patrol area. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-22-23, 04:49 AM	#7
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,457 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Speaking for myself only, but I would not transit a high value asset like this through a traffic-dense area and this close to the enemy. I would drive around widely. Anyhow, not my business. They now have one threat less against us, when i dont cry for Iranian nuclear scientists being taken out, I will not cry over a lost Chinese ballistic missile boat. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-22-23, 05:06 AM	#9
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,011 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	Like Skybird and Jim had said, it's difficult to feel anything regarding the potential loss of an asset like a loss of a Chinese Submarine. However, It's the potential radioactive contamination in that area that is most worrisome. The damage to marine wild life and perhaps fishing is also worrisome. I wonder if the Chinese planned this ?

08-22-23, 07:33 AM	#11
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Like the Russians initially claimed in the Kursk disaster, I wouldn't be unduly shocked if the chinkaderos blamed something on an American sub in their South China Sea. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-22-23, 01:27 PM	#13
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,892 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Every landing you can walk away from is a good landing, oh wait .. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

08-22-23, 01:32 PM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-22-23, 01:47 PM	#15
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,319 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Sounds like a K-19 thing. How many years before We got the truth about the Widow Maker? __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.