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One of the US Navy's most potent submarines - USS Connecticut has recently collided with an unknown object.

As per some reports, the collision may have happened less than 43 nautical miles from the Paracels (in South China Sea)
The submarine will need repair.

Jay Stefany, acting assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, told Congress that unplanned repairs to the damaged attack submarine could disrupt the backlog of planned ship maintenance in the public naval yards,

In this video Defense Updates analyzes what has damaged USS Connecticut ?

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WWW.THEDRIVE.COM / US NAVY
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42706/why-multi-billion-dollar-nuclear-submarines-still-run-into-things-underwater

WIKIMEDIA.ORG / US NAVY BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS JOHN M. HAGEMAN
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_091117-N-1644H-162_The_Seawolf-class_attack_submarine_USS_Connecticut_(SSN_22)_is_underway_in_the_Pacific_Ocean.jpg

WWW.MILITARYFACTORY.COM / US NAVY
https://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.php?ship_id=uss-connecticut-ssn22-fast-attack-submarine

WWW.POPULARMECHANICS.COM / U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY THIEP VAN NGUYEN II
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a37898620/uss-connecticut-suffers-underwater-collision/

WWW.THEDRIVE.COM /US NAVY
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42851/this-is-our-first-look-at-the-uss-connecticut-after-its-underwater-collision

112.INTERNATIONAL / US NAVY
https://112.international/politics/uss-connecticut-collides-with-unidentified-object-in-south-china-sea-65639.html