Sunday, November 19, 2017

Argentina: Missing Navy Sub tried contacting bases Kevin Conne

Argentina: Missing navy sub tried contacting bases

An Argentinian submarine went down off the coast of South America with 44  crew members on board. The sub has currently stayed down for longer than it is supposed to and has also made multiple communications unsuccessfully with Argentina. Argentina has reached out to   the United States for help in finding the sub, fearing the worst for the crew. The Pope, being a native Argentinian himself, has called for the banding together of the international community to help find these 44 submariners.

I always find missing submarines very interesting because submarines oftentimes are told if their communications become compromised, to not communicate over the radio at all. They use the term “all quiet”. This would be the prearranged response if certain incidents took place, so often times when something happens on a submarine, by the time the mother country waits for the “all quiet” time to expire, the fate of the submarine is sealed at the bottom of the ocean.  It's too early to know, according to the article, if this will be the case for the Argentinian sub. However, it's something to consider about some mariners and the dangerous duties they perform.

url  http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/18/americas/argentina-submarine-missing/index.htmlAn 

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