Rumors were circulating on social media and then in the news only a day after the incident. Most reports included the inaccurate detail that the submarine accident occurred in the Taiwan Strait rather than the Yellow Sea.
I didn’t search FR back to August in past posts, but the spurious article I came across this morning - not the one I posted - was the first I’d heard of the incident.
It appears that I’m not alone. Your comment provides yet another clue which validates reports of loss of ccp asset, but I question whether the asset was nuclear. If it was, they’ve good reason to quash this wholesale and it also explains the black hole of facts/reports, most of the details alleged to have come from a leaked Brit intel report. But the inconsistencies smack more of intelligence misinformation than public speculation.