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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