October 31, 2018
This Photo Shows a Navy Submarine 'Sinking' a British Aircraft Carrier. China Should Worry.
Yes, and this is why.
by David Axe
The Song-class vessel, displacing 2,200 tons, was close enough to hit the Kitty Hawk with a torpedo. None of the carrier’s roughly dozen escorting warships detected the Song until it breached the surface. American officers were flabbergasted.
A photo depicting an American nuclear-powered submarine poking its periscope above the waves—within shooting distance of a British aircraft carrier during a war game—is a useful reminder of one of the most important truths of naval warfare.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/photo-shows-navy-submarine-sinking-british-aircraft-carrier-china-should-worry-34817
