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Of course they knew, but there was very little they could do about it. The Soviets and even Russia today kinda sucks at deep sea recovery, even to raise the Ku
by dogma1138 8y ago
Of course they knew, but there was very little they could do about it.
The Soviets and even Russia today kinda sucks at deep sea recovery, even to raise the Kursk they had to contract a Dutch company.
Russia never had much offshore oil, and while even for the US navy a sub sinking is likely a recovery operation rather than a rescue one the US navy seem have been much more concern with developing the operational capabilities to at least attempt a rescue.
- fsloth 8y agoUS also non-surprisingly attempted to block all 'allied' businesses from contributing to soviet deep sea capabilities. The story of Mir submarines is an interesting example of cold war era business: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_(submersible) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_(submersible)