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China’s newest nuclear submarine sank, setting back its military modernization
Mint - Wall Street Journal ^
| 9/26/2024
| Michael R. Gordon
Posted on 09/26/2024 8:58:48 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank in the spring, a major setback for one of the country’s priority weapons programs, U.S. officials said.
The episode, which Chinese authorities scrambled to cover up and hasn’t previously been disclosed, occurred at a shipyard near Wuhan in late May or early June.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; War
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; chinesefiredrill; glug; screendoors; submarine; sumtingwong; theyputtheuinuboat; witudeep; wuhan
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To: wildcard_redneck
To: marcusmaximus
Turns out he was the lucky one.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:12:57 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:14:17 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: hillarys cankles
Maybe China is also suffering from DEI ... Nah, I’ll bet when some tries to implement DEI the next thing they hear is: READY ... AIM ... and they hear no more.
To: marcusmaximus
Payback for all the Chinese shxt they sell us.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:17:00 AM PDT
by
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: marcusmaximus
Safe working submarines are arguably harder to design and operate than spacecraft.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:27:06 AM PDT
by
Skwor
To: mware
Didn’t it sink in port? Presumably that’s shallow and everyone got out.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:32:40 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Orange is the new brown in)
To: wildcard_redneck
The news babe read all four “names” on the air.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:40:19 AM PDT
by
citizen
(Political incrementalism is like compound interest for liberals - every little bit adds up.)
To: marcusmaximus
Someone opened the drain plug to let out water and oops
To: wildcard_redneck
It was built at the Lee Kee shipyard
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:42:13 AM PDT
by
nhbob1
To: BenLurkin
He had a whole album and the host of the TV show was my namesake! So mom told me.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:42:45 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
To: marcusmaximus
“… and hasn’t previously been disclosed…”
There was an article, with photos, right here on FR several months ago.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:45:58 AM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
To: VanShuyten
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:49:41 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Your picture displayed at 9600 baud rte.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:50:22 AM PDT
by
citizen
(Political incrementalism is like compound interest for liberals - every little bit adds up.)
To: butlerweave
As a kid I thought they really went underwater. Later I realized it was a lie.
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:54:07 AM PDT
by
desertsolitaire
( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
To: marcusmaximus
Isn’t that what they’re supposed to do?
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posted on
09/26/2024 9:55:55 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
To: SkyDancer
They’re supposed to resurface, too.
To: marcusmaximus
Gives a new push to “Made in China”.
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posted on
09/26/2024 10:04:37 AM PDT
by
Revel
To: TheThirdRuffian
IF IT DID SINK IN PORT-—
THAT BLOCKS A REPAIR AREA FROM USAGE.
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posted on
09/26/2024 10:07:09 AM PDT
by
ridesthemiles
(not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
To: marcusmaximus
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posted on
09/26/2024 10:13:23 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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