“This incident also shows that the recent establishment of a trilateral security partnership between the US, UK and Australia (AUKUS) to carry out nuclear submarine cooperation has brought a huge risk of nuclear proliferation, seriously violated the spirit of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, undermined the construction of a nuclear-free zone in Southeast Asia, and brought severe challenges to regional peace and security. lPX2W6d9bw- LA Progressive October 14, 2021īut Tan went further and echoed the sentiment of President Duterte John Walsh: LeMaire made it crystal clear that the disagreement over submarines is symptomatic of deeper differences in world view. The incident will be investigated cover-up will continue.įrench Finance Minister Issues Declaration of Independence – from the U.S. Navy has not requested assistance will not allow an independent inspection or investigation. The extent of damage to the remainder of the submarine is being assessed is also being concealed. USS Connecticut’s nuclear propulsion plant and spaces were not affected and remain fully operational are in a condition that is being hidden from the public until cosmetic repairs can be done to conceal the damage. The submarine remains in a safe and stable condition hidden from public view to conceal the damage and its cause. This allows the extent of injuries to the crew to be kept secret. The safety of the crew remains the Navy’s top priority The crew is being held incommunicado for an indefinite period. 2, while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region in the South China Sea near or inside Chinese territorial waters. The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) struck an object while submerged on the afternoon of Oct. Navy which waited until October 7 to acknowledge the incident, with the following extraordinarily curt press release (I have edited it with strike-outs and italicized substitutions to make its meaning clear.): media has followed the narrative of the U.S. (A notable exception to this conformity and one worth consulting has been Craig Hooper of Forbes.)Ī blackout of this kind will come as no surprise to those who have covered the plight of Julian Assange or the US invasion of Syria or the barely hidden hand of the United States in various regime change operations, to cite a few examples This news is apparently not fit to print in the Times. For example, to this day (October 30), nearly a month after the collision, the New York Times, the closest approximation to a mouthpiece for the American foreign policy elite, has carried no major story on the incident and in fact no story at all so far as I and several daily readers can find. This has not been the case – far from it. sailors and spilling radioactive materials in the South China Sea, it should be front page news on every outlet in the U.S. When a US nuclear submarine with such capabilities has a collision capable of killing U.S.
It is claimed that they are not so equipped at present because the Navy’s “policy decisions” have “phased out” their nuclear role, according to the hawkish Center For Strategic and International Studies. But they can be equipped with Intermediate Range (1250-2500 km) Tomahawk cruise missiles which can be armed with nuclear warheads. The Connecticut is one of only three Seawolf class of submarines, which are assumed to be on spying missions. Navy ascribed to a collision with an undersea object.Īfter sustaining damage, the submarine apparently surfaced close to the Paracel Islands which lie only 150 nautical miles from China’s Yulin submarine base in Hainan Province. On that day the nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS Connecticut, suffered serious damage in an undersea incident which the U.S.
elephant, trudging stealthily about, far from home in the South China Sea.
#Stealth kills liberal crime squad Patch#
He was referring to the consequences for East Asia of a conflict between the US and China.įast forward to October 2, 2021, about one year later, and the first patch of grass has been stomped on by the U.S. So warned Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2020. “When elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.”
A Wake-up Call for East Asia – and the World.
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