China Seeks Answers After US Nuclear Submarine Collided With ‘Object’ in South China Sea

China Seeks Answers After US Nuclear Submarine Collided With ‘Object’ in South China Sea
Submarine USS Connecticut docked at U.S. Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in Bremerton, Wash., on May 27, 2021. Department of Defense via AP
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A U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine that was damaged in a collision with an unknown underwater object in the South China Sea last weekend has arrived in port at Guam, the Navy said Friday.

No further details about the circumstances of the collision or the extent of damage to the USS Connecticut were available, but China’s Foreign Ministry expressed “serious concern” about what happened.