Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham says the reports of China’s nuclear submarine sinking is a “significant setback” for them.
Mr Birmingham’s comments come after reports from the Wall Street Journal that a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine sunk in a shipyard near Wuhan.
“This should be taken as a reminder of the ambitions that China has and is pursuing in one of the largest military build-ups that we’ve seen in modern times,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia.
“Because of the lack of transparency to the rest of the world in the Chinese system, we don’t always know or understand the scale of that buildup that’s happening.”
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When subs goes deep 😂
satellite image suggest? lol….ok got it~
Well it is still under construction!! Also if that sank then how could you still see it😅😅
Didn’t they lose another sub earlier this year too?
AHAHAHAHA what a bunch of pathetic losers. This is what happens when you steal all your tech and have no idea what you're doing. 😂🤣This is the pathetic military that is supposed to invade Taiwan?😂 They finally stole nuclear sub tech and it sank😂
funny! all the media have same title and one picture, i guess 1.6 billion budget will distribute equal, who the fk will build nuclear sub in inland river with average deep 6m
Roflmfao, just because murica says it, doesn't make it true…😂😂
Nothing good comes out from China
Russians ran out of artillery shells, the media said.
Western mouthpiece as usual
What a dumb story. Wuhan is not where they build nuclear subs. Nobody builds nuclear subs on a river.
China can land a rover on the moon and single handedly build a space station without anyone's help.
They have their own constellation of positioning satellites.
You think they cannot land 300 nuke warheads on you? Australia doesn't even have 300 big cities
Lololol
Sepertinya propaganda anti China sebesar 1,6 bilion berhasil yang di gunakan Amerika 😂
Paper submarine. Paper tiger.
China needs to steal more tech from then West. And the west is willing get it stolen.
All the Chinese bot comments are hilarious 😂
In China, this has become a source of amusement. Wuchang, situated thousands of kilometers from the sea and with a mere six meters of water depth, somehow found itself the scene of a mishap where a nuclear submarine, a colossal vessel with a diameter of ten meters, ventured into and subsequently sank.
It's noteworthy that all of China's nuclear submarines are meticulously crafted and maintained at the Bohai Shipyard, nestled in a coastal city in northern Liaoning Province. These submarines, owing to their immense size and deep-sea capabilities, never find themselves traversing rivers due to their inordinate shallowness.😂
Haha, what an embarrassment for Xi and his CCP goons! China crap….
It is made in China that tells you all you need to know.
Western fake news become norms. That river shipyard never builds nuclear submarines in a river a thousand kms away from sea. No basic facts check. Like xinjiang fake news
China like little boy country
Made in china
The radioactive contamination caused by the sinking of a nuclear submarine developed by China is said to be the largest sea water contamination in history.
When I saw the news about the sinking of a nuclear submarine in Wuhan, I was confused. Wuhan is a city in central China, on the Yangtze River and at least 1,500 kilometers away from the nearest coastline. Its location is similar to Chicago in the United States. I don’t think the Chinese will put their nuclear submarine assembly plant in Wuhan, just like the United States won’t build Seawolf-class nuclear submarines or Ohio-class nuclear submarines in Chicago. In fact, China's warship construction bases are mainly in Dalian, Shanghai and Guangzhou. They are all large cities with strong industries and close to the sea. Those who fabricated or believed this news probably lacked the most basic logic and geographical common sense. You are discussing something that does not exist in a serious way.
And you want their fire traps I’m sorry EV’s in your country?? 😂
BULLSHIT!!! US Officials Made-up the story on China's Newest Nuclear Submarine Sank at Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan of China. 1st. Wuchang Shipyard deepest water is no more than 27 meter deep, Wuchang can never build large nuclear power Submarine, the China's Newest Zhou-class Nuclear Submarine is about 7,000 tones, US said the nuclear Submarine is 041 model, but China never has 041 Submarine, Nato corrected the USA that China's Type 039A/B/C nuclear power submarine: Length: 66 meter, Beam: 8 meter:, Draft: 8.2 meter, Surface displacement: 1,850 tons, Submerged displacement: 2,300 tons. So submarine is much smaller than the Zhou-class Nuclear Submarine. No wonder US house passed the bill and spend $ 1.6 Billion to deliver anti-China propaganda, what a bunch of American IDIOTS, and other countries to criticize China. China Xi Xinping and CCP did not even know that the China's Nuclear-powered Submarine Sank under the Shipyard. Why only US knows it. As US Satellite in March 2024, saw the China's New Submarine at the shipyard in Wuhan, then US took another Satellite image in June, did not see the Submarine, except saw a few people were cleaning up, US officials expected the submarine was already sank in sometimes in May. if the Submarine is so heavy, why only few boats there at the Shipyard. the was no way no country can move the submarine out of water in one month time, the US Satellite should capture the images. Now the whole world is trying to make the big fuzz about Submarine Sinks, because Western Media do not want Media to report that China has successfully launched new ICBM the new Long range missile across the Pacific Ocean near USA, and hit the target with distance 12,000-15,000 km. China told the USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines that China will test the new ICBM missile but China did not say what time. So None of these countries and Taiwan detected the missile launched and landed. That means China can use this China's New nuclear-power Submarine to strike USA anywhere in the water, with Mach 30 speed to hit target in just 25 minutes. This will give a signal to USA, don't use Taiwan to threat China, if China invade Taiwan. China can launch these new missiles to hit any country anywhere in the World. China Update Tony, don't Embarrass yourself to report the negative news on China, from the US false news.
The world is waiting for US officials to confirm whether US reporter is faking news.
Sky News is just another irresponsible news media.
People need to check their google map before start a rumor, Wuhan is inland, why will china pick a river with only 6 meter deep as a site to build a submarine.
Does anything ever think anymore. It's just a shadow of the crane. Look closer. Also, look at where Wuhan is, where they supposedly build this submarine. I'll just tell you. Wuhan is not near the coast, it's in the middle of China.