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Why Multi-Billion Dollar Nuclear Submarines Still Run into Things Underwater
- DisjointedHunt 5y agoCall me a skeptic, but there seem to be an awful lot of "accidental" collisions in and around the South China Sea region. There is plenty of documented history about military leadership choosing to downplay engagements with hostile forces that may have spiraled out of control (Nighthawks over Soviet Russia that were hit by a novel use of radar fusion allowing part of their stealth capabilities to be unmasked) rather than announce in the present what really happened. I don't doubt the integrity of the brave soldiers on that sub for a second, though, i hope i'm alive when the unmasked version of these events is out.
- mikewarot 5y agoIt should be noted that long term navigation for decades has relied on gravity gradiometers that measure and compare the 3d gravimetric tensor with appropriate map data for the area in question. It is possible to navigate underwater without emitting any signals for months at a stretch. My guess is that either there were errors in the maps, due to age or earthquakes. I would be surprised it if were malicious 3rd party causes.