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You think there are Russian submarines in the gulf of mexico?
by rapsey 2y ago
You think there are Russian submarines in the gulf of mexico?
- eqvinox 2y agoThey splashed down in the Indian Ocean, not the Gulf of Mexico. Also noone mentioned submarines, debris can just float and drift around (sometimes even at some depth below the surface).
- Denvercoder9 2y agoStarship landed in the Indian Ocean, not the Gulf of Mexico.
- perihelions 2y agoI mean, yes [0]. It's probably the main reason SpaceX went to effort to recover [1] all the engines of the previous booster (IFT-4), which landed in accessible, shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico. The Raptor engines hold valuable secrets, particularly to China who are trying to clone a lot of SpaceX things. The CIA did something very similar to this in the Cold War [2], though they used a boat instead of a submarine. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akula-class_submarine#Operational_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akula-class_submarine#Operatio... ("In August 2012, the news media reported that another Akula-class submarine operated in the Gulf of Mexico purportedly undetected for over a month, sparking controversy within U.S. military and political circles...") [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/1fvdekt/more_images_from_b11_recovery_new_info_26_of_the/ https://old.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/1fvdekt/more_... ("More images from B11 recovery + new info "26 of the Raptors have been recovered but they are trying to get all 33") [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian