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Odd Activity At Chinese Submarine Shipyard Draws Interest
THE WARZONE ^ | 7/18/24 | JOSEPH TREVITHICK

Posted on 07/21/2024 6:33:29 AM PDT by MAGA2017

The sudden appearance of four crane barges where a submarine had been parked has prompted questions about the possibility of an accident.

Satellite imagery shows unusual activity last month, including the sudden appearance of four crane barges, at a shipyard in China that builds submarines and other naval vessels, which might potentially be a sign of an accident of some kind.

Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank and a retired U.S. Navy submarine warfare officer, was first to notice the goings-on at the Wuchang Shipyard. This yard, which is part of the state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), is situated along a stretch of the Yangtze River just outside the city of Wuhan. It was fully relocated from a site within Wuhan proper to its current location sometime between 2021 and 2022.

“An older image from 29 May shows nothing unusual – a presumably new-construction Yuan-class submarine (Type 039 variant) in the usual spot where newly-launched boats are fitted out,” Shugart wrote in a series of posts on X.

...“I acquired an [satellite] image [from Planet Labs] from June 13th. In the image, there appears to be what look like crane barges clustered around…something…near where the submarine was earlier,” Shugart continued. “Also, the floating pier where the submarine was moored appears to have been offset a bit.”

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TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2021; 202405; 20240529; 202406; 20240613; china; chinesenavy; cranes; cssc; oops; satellite; shipyard; submarine; wuchang; wuchangshipyard; wuhan; yangtzeriver
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1 posted on 07/21/2024 6:33:29 AM PDT by MAGA2017
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To: MAGA2017

They caught a big one!


2 posted on 07/21/2024 6:36:55 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: MAGA2017

Boom! Shipyard managers will be no more


3 posted on 07/21/2024 6:37:48 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Let's go Brandon)
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To: MAGA2017

Tofu dregs sub.

CC


4 posted on 07/21/2024 6:41:46 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: MAGA2017

The N-95 filtration system let in seawater.


5 posted on 07/21/2024 6:54:57 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Can’t see it. The whole thing sunk? Water’s not that deep is it?


6 posted on 07/21/2024 7:02:01 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MAGA2017

The stolen American technology ‘accidentally’ sabotaged the sub.


7 posted on 07/21/2024 7:06:05 AM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Hmm! Either it is on the floor of the river or perhaps it’s been moved already to another location for fitting out and the crane barges are a huge look-over-here distraction.


8 posted on 07/21/2024 7:07:01 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: MAGA2017

DEI in the Chinese shipyards???


9 posted on 07/21/2024 7:13:52 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: MAGA2017

Chinese submarines often suffer catastrophic rapid disassembly.


10 posted on 07/21/2024 7:19:22 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: MAGA2017

OOOOOOOOOOOOOPS


11 posted on 07/21/2024 7:24:22 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: MAGA2017

Someone forgot to close the screen door?


12 posted on 07/21/2024 7:27:42 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: MAGA2017

The ChiComs are having Soviet-style problems with their weapons.

Recall less than a year ago, I think, another ChiCom sub caught fire in port.


13 posted on 07/21/2024 7:31:14 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
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Before:

After:

Note that the black submarine sized and shaped object is described as a shadow of the left hand most crane. The shadow of the othe cranes pint in a different direction...

14 posted on 07/21/2024 7:36:33 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: null and void
"The shadow of the othe cranes pint in a different directionS..."
15 posted on 07/21/2024 7:50:27 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: MAGA2017

Nice job omitting all the most significant details from your excerpt.


16 posted on 07/21/2024 8:01:31 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: MAGA2017

Someone left the sub’s screen door open…. Oops!


17 posted on 07/21/2024 8:11:03 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: TexasGator

All 4 booms on those cranes appear to be lifting a sub. Maybe it started taking on water and the snagged it before it went down.


18 posted on 07/21/2024 8:12:12 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: null and void

The shadows are all in the appropriate positions relative to the sun. The dark sub-shaped shadow is almost certainly the shadow of the crane on the left-most barge.


19 posted on 07/21/2024 8:19:05 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: TexasGator

Nope, all shadows point in one direction, take into account the angles of the cranes on the middle two ships. One direction. Singular.

I’m surprised you didn’t catch the two typos in your haste to distract from the ground truth and blur the focus on the facts.

You’re slipping.


20 posted on 07/21/2024 8:24:34 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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