reformed_colonial
reformed_colonial t1_j9cs3nm wrote
Reply to comment by eljefino in Previously unreleased footage from first submersible dives in July 1986 to the RMS Titanic shipwreck — British passenger liner that sank 14-15 April 1912 remains about 4,000 metres undersea in the Atlantic Ocean by marketrent
They are checked periodically for radiation leaks, and to be sure other countries aren't sniffing around. These days, the threat of someone making off with a rusty old Mk 45 nuclear torpedo aren't really a concern, but back during the Cold War it was.
I would imagine that Scorpion/Thresher survey visits are good training for current generation crews on Seawolf-class et al. to brush up their skills.
reformed_colonial t1_j9crmgw wrote
Reply to comment by panzerkrau in Previously unreleased footage from first submersible dives in July 1986 to the RMS Titanic shipwreck — British passenger liner that sank 14-15 April 1912 remains about 4,000 metres undersea in the Atlantic Ocean by marketrent
The wreck of Scorpion? Tons of information about it, but a lot still classified as she carried two Mk 45 nuclear torpedoes.
Really fascinating to read about how the search area was determined and conducted, and then the investigations in to why it sank. Long story short, Bayesian search functions let them find a very small needle in a very large haystack quite quickly; the same method used after the B-52 crash at Palomares.
"Blind Mans Bluff" is a good starting point.
reformed_colonial t1_j9995cl wrote
Reply to Previously unreleased footage from first submersible dives in July 1986 to the RMS Titanic shipwreck — British passenger liner that sank 14-15 April 1912 remains about 4,000 metres undersea in the Atlantic Ocean by marketrent
Bob Ballard made a deal with the US Navy - they asked him to study the wrecks of USS Thresher and Scorpion, which he agreed to so long as he could use some of the technology/funding to find Titanic as well.
reformed_colonial t1_ixls66l wrote
"The killer could be anyone in Helgasund. That's over seven people."
reformed_colonial t1_j9nlsnj wrote
Reply to comment by theartfulcodger in TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
Came here to mention The Longest Day as well, and let us not forget Baron Bomburst!