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I'd guess it was for the families of sailors. They may hear through the grapevine that there was an accident, but think it would be good to get out in front of
by bostonsre 5y ago
I'd guess it was for the families of sailors. They may hear through the grapevine that there was an accident, but think it would be good to get out in front of it to state there was an accident but there were no life threatening injuries so that no undue grief is caused. It seems like it would be a little nerve racking thinking about a loved one even just working on a submarine.
- ethbr0 5y agoAnd also presumably for the Chinese. Who, if the preliminary reports are not to be believed, possibly received a notification that one of their UUVs or subs was damaged. While tensions are high with Taiwan. And there are five(?) international carriers / amphibs conducting manuevers off Japan.
- dmix 5y agoThe Navy’s of the worlds job is a whole lot of high tech ‘watching’ of the other Navy’s. So having an official statement seems to make sense. (But I don’t think the GP really meant they shouldn’t say it at all, they just want more details.)