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Although the causes of the Scorpion and K-129 losses are not known with certainty there is evidence that both were lost to battery explosions. Bruce Rule has a
by rdonohue 7y ago
Although the causes of the Scorpion and K-129 losses are not known with certainty there is evidence that both were lost to battery explosions. Bruce Rule has a lot of interesting data on this
http://www.iusscaa.org/articles/brucerule/ http://www.iusscaa.org/articles/brucerule/
As another person upthread noted, though, it is difficult to ever know with certainty not only due to the technical limitations but also due to the opsec limitations.
- Gibbon1 7y agoMy dad worked in the aerospace industry. He mentioned three reasons for not releasing information. Hands down most common reason is because no ones career got derailed because they over classified something. Second most is because it would show some interest in a bad light. Third reason is because fixes to technical problems are often considered to be the military equivalent of trade secrets. AKA we figured out why the Scorpions battery blew up and we're not going to tell the Soviets how to make their submarine batteries safer.