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A satellite image shows floating cranes near a pier at a Chinese shipyard.
Efforts to salvage the submarine, June 15.

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  • One of China's newest attack submarines sank at a shipyard in Wuhan.
  • Satellite images show China's efforts to salvage the nuclear-powered vessel.
  • China's shipbuilding industry is massive and at the core of its naval modernization efforts.

One of China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarines sank in a Wuhan shipyard, a US official told Business Insider, confirming earlier reporting.

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Military & Defense, Defense, China, satellite-images, Submarines
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A new first-in-class Chinese attack submarine sank at a Wuhan shipyard in a pie…