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Caribbean-Latin America
Argentine government admits that doomed submarine was SPYING on the Falkland Islands when it vanished with 44 people on board
2018-03-19
[DailyMail]
  • ARA San Juan disappeared with 44 crew members on board in November 2017

  • Argentina's Navy has always claimed it was carrying out training exercises

  • But government now says it was ordered to the Falkland Islands to identify 'ships and aircraft'
Posted by:Skidmark

#9  Poorly chartered waters and unplanned high speed encounters? Remember the USS San Francisco (SSN-711) back in 2005? Luckily our ship made it home -- their's did not.
Posted by: magpie   2018-03-19 17:40  

#8  Re: #6

1. Surface
2. Open hatch
3. Release homing pigeon

Of course, following the steps in order is important. :-)
Posted by: Alistaire Gloluns2996   2018-03-19 16:16  

#7  Wouldn't an occasional flyover provide the same info? You can't exactly hide ships and aircraft on a barren island with one landing field.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-03-19 14:37  

#6  I was going to make a quip about that Argentine submarine identifying a Britsh anti-submarine helicopter but someone beat me to it.

I'd sure like to know how the sub sent out that report.
Posted by: gorb   2018-03-19 14:24  

#5  Oburble could have told them they were half a world away...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-03-19 11:45  

#4  I was going to make a quip about that Argentine submarine identifying a Britsh anti-submarine helicopter but someone beat me to it.
Posted by: Alistaire Gloluns2996   2018-03-19 08:33  

#3  This is by definition what submarines do. The run under the surface where they can't be seen (stealth) and look at stuff that doesn't know it's being looked at (spying).
It's the getting away with it part that's hard.
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-03-19 08:24  

#2  Counting the number of sheep?
Posted by: Alistaire Gloluns2996   2018-03-19 08:23  

#1  Karma, bitches
Posted by: Frank G   2018-03-19 07:04  

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