13 September 2021
Japan detects suspected Chinese submarine near southern island
by Kosuke Takahashi & Gabriel Dominguez
Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 12 September that it detected a submarine believed to belong to China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) navigating in the contiguous zone east of the island of Amami Oshima in southern Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on the morning of 10 September.
The MoD said in a statement that, although the submarine remained submerged, it believes that the boat is Chinese because a PLAN Luyang III (Type 052D)-class guided-missile destroyer was spotted navigating near the submarine.
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