中国官方媒体援引中国军事专家的话说，上周报导的中国海军潜艇与美国声纳设备的碰撞“可能是个意外 ”。官方的中国日报星期一援引了一个中国军队研究机构的专家对南海(南中国海)碰撞事件报导的评论。
中国人民解放军海军装备研究中心高级研究员殷卓(音译)说，从报导看来，美国驱逐舰没有发现那艘中国海军潜艇。
一名没有披露姓名的美军官员告诉CNN，该潜艇上周四在靠近菲律宾的海域撞坏了美国海军“约翰 S 麦凯恩号”驱逐舰拖曳的水下声纳设备。据报导，这位美军官员称碰撞看来不是故意的。
目前美中两国军方都还没有对这一事件作出正式证实。美国军方发言人只是证实说，美国海军舰艇的声纳设备被损坏，但没有说明损害是如何发生的。
Chinese state-run media have cited Chinese military experts as saying that last week’s reported collision between a Chinese submarine and U.S. navy sonar equipment was “likely an accident.” The official China Daily newspaper on Monday quoted experts at Chinese military research institutes, who were commenting on reports of a collision in the South China Sea.
Yin Zhuo, a senior researcher at the People’s Liberation Army’s Navy Equipment Research Center, said it appeared from the reports that the U.S. destroyer did not detect the Chinese sub.
An unnamed U.S. military official told CNN that the submarine damaged an underwater sonar array on Thursday as it was being dragged by the USS John S. McCain in waters near the Philippines. The official reportedly said the collision did not appear to be intentional.
There has been no official confirmation of the incident from either country’s military. U.S. military spokesmen have confirmed only that the navy ship’s sonar equipment was damaged, but not how that damage occurred.