The United States has confirmed that a Chinese submarine sank earlier this year. Although China has not spoken about the incident, Taiwanese officials say they have found additional details regarding the sinking.
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00:00A U.S. defense official says China's newest nuclear submarine sank earlier this year.
00:07The incident happened in May or June, with the state-of-the-art sub reportedly sinking
00:12at the Wuchang shipyard near Wuhan.
00:15China, which has the largest navy in the world and has embarked on producing a new generation
00:21of nuclear-armed submarines, has not commented on the incident.
00:25Wuhan's defense minister, meanwhile, says its intelligence agencies were aware of the
00:29situation.