Looking into the news just now it came up with a caution to us and the USN in particular that we should not gloat at China's submarine problems. After all, it could have sunk for any reason. Made me think that did.
So, the USNS Big Horn operating south of Oman suddenly becomes the first ship ever to run aground in the North Arabian Sea and every single thing about it is kept very very quiet.
You don't suppose the USNS Big Horn ran over a submarine do you?
I hope it wasn't one of ours.
That far from the subcontinent I doubt that it is an Indian submarine
I don't think the Houthis have any submarines
I'd be very surprised if Egypt has let one of its submarines submerge in more than 20 years
I don't know what to think about Iranian submarines but Jask isn't all that far away.
On the gripping hand, even at full periscope depth colliding with a submerged submarine would damage the bow of the ship hitting it.