According to the US Navy, a US nuclear submarine collided with an “unknown object” while submerged in the South China Sea. The incident resulted in no life-threatening injuries on board, the US Pacific fleet announced on Thursday (local time) in a brief statement. Two seafarers had been moderately injured and about nine others had suffered bruises and cuts, according to media reports.
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