China's newest nuclear-powered submarine sank, claim US officials
Washington, DC [US], September 27 (ANI): China's newest nuclear-powered submarine sank pierside in the spring, and the Chinese navy tried to conceal details regarding the loss, CNN reported, citing two US defence officials.
The official said that the attack submarine was the first of its new Zhou-class line of vessels, under construction at a shipyard near Wuhan. The Zhou-class submarines have a distinctive X-shaped stern