Senior U.S. Officials have now revealed that the Chinese Navy’s Newest Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine, dubbed the Zhou-Class, suffered a Major Technical Malfunction in May or June while Pier-Side at a Shipyard in Wuhan, leading it to Sink into the Yangtze River; something which… pic.twitter.com/b068J0jNor — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) September 26, 2024 More images of the Chinese Navy’s Newest Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine (Zhou-Class, Type 041), That Sank at a Shipyard in Wuhan US officials are unsure if the sub contained nuclear fuel at the time of the sinking, but it’s highly likely. “It’s not surprising that the PLA Navy would try to conceal the fact that their new first-in-class nuclear-powered attack submarine sank pierside,” a US defense official told the publication.