Morning Jolt: Guess Where the Possibly Nuclear-Fuel-Leaking Sunken Chinese Submarine Is?

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September 27 2024

Guess Where the Possibly Nuclear-Fuel-Leaking Sunken Chinese Submarine Is?

On the menu today: The same diligence, professionalism, and commitment to safety that Chinese virologists brought to their gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses is on display by Chinese nuclear-submarine engineers and construction crews, as the Chinese fleet is now down one sub for the foreseeable future, and you're probably not going to want to do any swimming in the Yangtze River anytime soon. To err is human, and all governments and militaries have accidents. But free societies are at least a little bit better at revealing uncomfortable truths and holding people accountable for the consequences of their actions.

China's Nuclear-Submarine Disaster

You readers are going to think I'm obsessed with man-made disasters in one particular Chinese city. It's not me, I swear; this is the big story in the Wall Street Journal this morning:

China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank in the spring, a major setback for one of the ...

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