Posted on 10/08/2023 5:19:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Anytime anything occurs with China’s military, it is shrouded in mystery. Denial, lies, deceit, and misdirection are the CCP’s standard operating procedure, especially if it’s an accident that would point to them being at fault.
If you have ever watched the movie “Red October,” there are eerie similarities between that and this story. No, there doesn’t appear to be a defection, as in the movie, but the fact that a submarine is involved as well as the typical deception by Chinese officials draws parallels to that storyline.
During the past week, reports began to surface that a Chinese nuclear submarine became ensnared in one of its own traps in the Yellow Sea. On board, all 55 crewmen, including 22 officers, were deceased. The trap, or snare, is known as a chain and anchor obstacle and was designed to ensnare U.S., British, and other allied submarines.
It is believed that the deaths were caused by hypoxia due to an oxygen supply system failure that occurred after the sub became ensnared. The Daily Mail reported the incident, quoting classified British intelligence documents:
Intelligence reports that on 21st of August there was an onboard accident whilst carrying out a mission in the Yellow Sea. Incident happened at 08.12 local resulting in the death of 55 crew members: 22 officers, 7 officer cadets, 9 petty officers, 17 sailors. The dead include the captain Colonel Xue Yong-Peng.
Our understanding is death caused by hypoxia due to a system fault on the submarine. The submarine hit a chain and anchor obstacle used by the Chinese Navy to trap US and allied submarines. This resulted in systems failures that took six hours to repair and surface the vessel. The onboard oxygen system poisoned the crew after a catastrophic failure.
Let the espionage begin.
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It didnt happen around Taiwan, it happened around the Bohai Sea area somewhere around Dalian.
The Chinese have raised doing things half-assed to an art form.
CC
This resulted in systems failures that took six hours to repair and surface the vessel. The onboard oxygen system poisoned the crew after a catastrophic failure.
wut???
From an interview with the crew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DMQJtKaXtM
D’oh we said don’t there, It’s a Trap
good stuff...
Won Sunk Lo
Our boats have CO2 scrubbers and oxygen generators as a backup. The Chinese boats apparently don’t have the generators. With primary power out the CO2 scrubbers stopped working. The CO2 levels increased until the crew suffocated.
CC
six hours to repair and ***surface*** the vessel.
but i thought it sank???
You were surface fleet, but bringing this to your attention.
Yeah, I’m not sure about that part either. But the only people who know for sure are the ChiComs and they’re not talking.
CC
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