BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) According to foreign media reports, on the 17th local time, an American submarine search enterprise announced that the "San Juan" naval submarine, which had been missing for one year, was found 800 meters from the bottom of the Valdes Peninsula in Argentina.

On November 20, 2017, it was reported that an Argentine naval submarine "San Juan" with 44 crew members was lost. (Data map)

The Argentine naval submarine "San Juan" suddenly disappeared on November 15 last year during its mission, when the submarine was carrying 44 crew members.

In September this year, the Argentine Navy cooperated with American enterprise Ocean Infinity to search for the "San Juan". Ocean Infinity sent a search ship known as "Seabed Builder" to cooperate with five automatic submarines in search. The Navy uploaded photos on social networking sites, showing an object about 60 meters long at the bottom of the sea, believed to be the wreckage of the San Juan.

Argentina, November 23, 2017 local time. The Argentine military said on the 23rd that an explosion was detected in the sea area near the loss of communication of the naval submarine "San Juan" on the same day.

Before the "San Juan" disappeared last year, the captain reported that the battery was short circuited. Although the military ordered to terminate the mission and return to the base, the submarine lost contact with Argentina in the 450 km sea area on the way back.

An organization monitoring nuclear test activities pointed out at that time that a suspected explosion was detected near the missing site several hours after the submarine disappeared. Since the authorities have not announced the exact location of the wreckage of the "San Juan", it is temporarily unknown how far away it is from the missing submarine.