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2018-11-17 Caribbean-Latin America

Argentinian submarine found in the Atlantic a year after going missing

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Posted by Frank G 2018-11-17 09:17|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 "Was always sketchy"...
Jeez, what drivel. Everthing ALL submarines do is sketchy. They're designed to sneak around where nobody can see them, so that's what they do.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-11-17 09:46|| 2018-11-17 09:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry to disappoint, Ed. I'm well aware of their purpose. The Argentine Gubbamnint lies and misstatements that came out at the time (and were commented on here) were suspicious

Posted by Frank G 2018-11-17 10:01|| 2018-11-17 10:01|| Front Page Top

#3 IIRC at one point they had three different official stories, and there was also the yarn about it being sunk by the British.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-11-17 13:13|| 2018-11-17 13:13|| Front Page Top

#4 The one place you can't be sketchy is sub operations. "Concentrations of hydrogen" sounds like salt water in the batteries.

Posted by SteveS 2018-11-17 14:17|| 2018-11-17 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Salt water in the batteries also creates deadmly concentrations of chlorine gas.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2018-11-17 18:26|| 2018-11-17 18:26|| Front Page Top

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