Month: January 2020

15 Years Ago, a U.S. Navy Submarine Ran Into a Mountain

From Popular Mechanics In 2005, the nuclear attack submarine USS San Francisco suddenly stopped dead in its tracks. The ship’s crew were thrown about, some over distances of 20 feet, and the majority of the 137-member crew suffered one injury or another—including one that would later prove fatal. Further inspection would explain what happened, and…

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The Navy Should Give Air-Independent Propulsion Submarines A Second Look

Key point: There is no question that AIP-equipped boats pose a threat, under some conditions, to the large nuclear attack submarines that many great navies have come to rely on. Over the past decade, air-independent propulsion (AIP) for submarines has spread rapidly around the world. The technology, which allows conventionally powered submarines to operate without access…

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Russia's Akula-Class Attack Submarines Still Strike Fear Into Sailors' Hearts

Key Point: Despite the Akula’s poor readiness rate, they continue to make up the larger part of Russia’s nuclear attack submarine force. The Soviet Union produced hot-rod submarines that could swim faster, take more damage, and dive deeper than their American counterparts—but the U.S. Navy remained fairly confident it had the Soviet submarines outmatched because…

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Reynhard Sinaga: More victims come forward to claim they were attacked by Britain's worst ever serial rapist

More alleged victims have come forward to claim they were attacked by Britain’s most prolific rapist, police have confirmed. Renyhard Sinaga was jailed for life on Monday after being convicted of carrying out 159 rapes and sexual assaults against 48 young men between January 2015 and June 2017. But it is feared the Indonesian born…

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Many victims of Britain's most prolific rapist didn't know they had been assaulted until police told them

Greater Manchester Police Investigators say that all but one of the victims of Reynhard Sinaga were unaware they were assaulted until police identified them in video footage, according to The Independent.  According to Greater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain, many of the men Sinaga assaulted “did not know for certain what had happened…

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