Naval experts and US officials say vessel appears to have sunk in port, and may have been carrying nuclear fuel at the time ...

Building a potent nuclear submarine force would help China tighten control over its peripheral waters and improve its ability ...

Beijing has not acknowledged the sinking and a US defence official said it was "not surprising" that China's navy would ...

China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sank pierside in the spring and the Chinese Navy tried to conceal the loss, ...

China’s newest nuclear attack submarine has sunk in a shipyard accident, in a setback to the country’s attempts to overtake ...

The pierside accident came as Beijing, which hasn’t acknowledged the episode, attempts to expand its navy and project its ...

Satellite imagery showed that China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank alongside a pier while under construction, ...

The sinking represents a setback for Beijing as it seeks to increase the size of what is already the world's biggest navy - ...

Satellite imagery showed that China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank alongside a pier while under construction, a senior U.S. defense official said Thursday.

Chinese media has also reported that the country's nuclear subs have been given the code name "09." China operates two types of nuclear-powered submarines, the Type 093/A attack submarine and the Type ...

China's efforts to match US maritime power suffered a setback when its newest nuclear submarine sank at the Wuchang shipyard ...