The Argentine Navy, to protect its reputation and its Government’s
reputation, is remaining vague and dispensing false hope. Memories associating the naval disasters of the Malvinas/Falkland's War and the fall of the Argentine Government are still strong.
A submarine that explodes deep underwater, quickly implodes,
leaving very small fragments which may take months to be detected (amongst older wrecked
vessels and discarded metal) and would then need to be judged as the remains of San Juan.
On 24 November 2017:
"Argentine
Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said evidence showed "an anomalous event
that was singular, short, violent and non-nuclear that was consistent with an
explosion".
"According to this
report, there was an explosion," Mr Balbi told reporters.
"We don't know what
caused an explosion of these characteristics at this site on this date."
But he said the search would
continue until there was full certainty about the fate of the ARA San Juan,
which has been missing for nine days.
[But it took a former US Navy captain to clarify] “The implosion of a submarine that falls deeper
than its "crush depth" would make such a sound”, according to one former
US navy captain."
COMMENT
Despite worldwide recognition that a submarine
explosion/implosion occurred the Argentine Navy is still pushing hope that the crew could have survived.
On 26 November 2017
"Asked by a reporter about the
chances the crew may still be alive, Mr Balbi
left that as a possibility.
"We've been searching for 11 days but that does not remove the chance that they could still be in an extreme survival situation," Mr Balbi said."
"We've been searching for 11 days but that does not remove the chance that they could still be in an extreme survival situation," Mr Balbi said."
Balbi places himself in a patriotic pose in front of the Sun of May on Argentina's flag.
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