{"id":1629,"date":"2021-10-08T03:09:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T03:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CAIiEGT2_fLJHXNvWEDt3rzbH3cqFggEKg0IACoGCAow7s8BMNBIMLXUiQY"},"modified":"2021-10-08T03:09:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T03:09:08","slug":"us-navy-submarine-runs-into-unknown-obstacle-in-south-china-sea-the-daily-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=1629","title":{"rendered":"US Navy Submarine Runs Into Unknown Obstacle in South China Sea &#8211; The Daily Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_576,w_1024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_2.0\/c_limit,w_740\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/v1633661319\/GettyImages-1748284_ezlpj9\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine hit an unidentified object while submerged in the South China Sea, the U.S. Pacific Fleet announced Thursday. The collision, which happened Saturday, was severe enough to injure several sailors aboard the <em>USS Connecticut<\/em>. \u201cThe submarine remains in a safe and stable condition,\u201d the U.S. Pacific Fleet said in a statement. \u201c<em>USS Connecticut<\/em>\u2019s nuclear propulsion plant and spaces were not affected and remain fully operational. The incident will be investigated.\u201d The U.S. and its allies have been conducting military exercises in the region as <a class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/china-and-the-us-are-talking-tough-dont-believe-most-of-it\">China<\/a> flies fleets of its planes close to Taiwanese airspace in a show of force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"ReadItAtLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/07\/politics\/us-submarine-collision-south-china-sea\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Read it at <\/span><span class=\"ReadItAtLink__name\">CNN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine hit an unidentified object while submerged in the South China Sea, the U.S. Pacific Fleet announced Thursday. The collision, which happened Saturday, was severe enough to injure several sailors aboard the USS Connecticut. \u201cThe submarine remains in a safe and stable condition,\u201d the U.S. Pacific Fleet said in a statement. \u201cUSS Connecticut\u2019s nuclear propulsion plant and spaces were not affected and remain fully operational. The incident will be investigated.\u201d The U.S. and its allies have been conducting military exercises in the region as China flies fleets of its planes close to Taiwanese airspace in a show&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut-cbd-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}