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by ak_111 1094 days ago
The most puzzling aspect, from what I understand from the experts, if it imploded at time and depth you are suggesting it would have been very likely to be registered by at least the controlling ship due to the noise. As you highlighted the sub is pretty large, imploding in a millisecond causes huge effects in the surroundings.

So saying it got lost and imploded after a few days solves two problems. Explains why there was no implosion noise originally, and that the banging heard afterwards was the implosion. Also it has a history of losing contact in its previous tours.
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spuz 1094 days ago
> Explains why there was no implosion noise originally,

We don't know that. There's a chance a noise was recorded but it wasn't made public in order not to compromise rescue attempts.

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kergonath 1094 days ago
It turns out that it’s exactly what happened.
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spuz 1094 days ago
Yes - according to the WSJ and an anonymous US official: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-imp...
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manchego 1094 days ago
They mentioned in the press conference that it was very unlikely that the implosion would have happened after more listening equipment was in use on the scene. I believe there were sonar buoys dropped on Monday, so the implosion likely happened before then.
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eric-hu 1094 days ago
There’s a series of episodes of Smarter Everyday where the host goes on a US nuclear submarine and interviews the crew and shows some of the equipment. In one of the episodes, they talk to navigators, who explain that submarines can be invisible to sensors in certain locations because the ocean water is not uniform. Temperature, currents and salinity vary, so a sound could be attenuated in some directions.
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deskamess 1094 days ago
> it would have been very likely to be registered by at least the controlling ship due to the noise

Why would they be listening? They would be looking at a device that was communicating via SMS or some radar screen at best.

> and that the banging heard afterwards was the implosion

Every 30 min?

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ergvgdvgrd 1094 days ago
Sounds fun. If I was driving a nuclear sub in the Atlantic sea, I'd definitely find an excuse to pop over and play with the kids splashing in my pond.
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