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Titan sub's fatal implosion likely heard on US Navy's secret acoustic system, official says
KTVU FOX 2 ^ | June 22, 2023 4:23PM | By Tom Vacar

Posted on 06/23/2023 5:28:05 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: DeplorablePaul

It does, however, explain the Navy’s reluctance to send even an aircraft into the search area.................


41 posted on 06/23/2023 6:25:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

If the sensors are designed to hear a quiet enemy sub, they can hear an implosion.


42 posted on 06/23/2023 6:25:30 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Paul46360
The Navy says that when they heard the "sound" they couldn't be sure what it was...BUT THEY HEARD something

Implosion was instant, but wonder what 5 aboard the submersible heard during minutes leading up to implosion.

43 posted on 06/23/2023 6:27:22 AM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: Paul46360

One report the Navy spokesman said they did not report this at the time because they didn’t want to deter rescue operations until the outcome would be self evident. Take it for what it’s worth.


44 posted on 06/23/2023 6:27:46 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Red Badger

On Sunday and it says the Biden Admin milked it for as long as they could to distract from their Crimes


45 posted on 06/23/2023 6:28:02 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: 1Old Pro

They did, and many here knew it from day one.

The Navy just didn’t say anything.

But dragging their feet was the first clue.

Remember the US was accused of blocking the rescue at first.

This is why. They knew it was a futile effort...............


46 posted on 06/23/2023 6:35:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Ahithophel

Probably noise of the hull buckling.


47 posted on 06/23/2023 6:37:45 AM PDT by Paul46360 (What??ME worry?)
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To: Red Badger

Interestingly, the LACK of discussion on this in the media before yesterday is likewise a tell.

There may very well be some truth to the scuttlebutt that they withheld this info to seize control of the headlines to deflect from what’s obviously smearing the criminal clan...

...coupled with reports which can only be defined as originating from a well-timed ‘leak’.


48 posted on 06/23/2023 6:40:13 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Ahithophel
Implosion was instant, but wonder what 5 aboard the submersible heard during minutes leading up to implosion.

Likely nothing. Once any flaw in the structure happened, the implosion was likely instantaneous. There probably was no warning.

49 posted on 06/23/2023 6:44:05 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: Red Badger

“detecting the sound of the implosion just 500 meters from the Titanic shipwreck”

Interesting that they would disclose resolution capabilities.


50 posted on 06/23/2023 6:44:14 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Red Badger

Guess we won’t know since we don’t know about the super secret underwater acoustic listening systems planted all over the ocean bottom. Hey, did you hear that? Nope!


51 posted on 06/23/2023 6:45:56 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: DCBryan1
There were no bolts screwed into the carbon fiber. The titanium endcaps were bolted onto titanium rings, which were glued (!) to the steel (?) cylinder, which was reinforced with carbon fiber "tape" wrapped around it.

My understanding is that wound carbon fiber performs great under tension (== it holds pressure _inside_) but poorly under compression (== keeping pressure out). I'm kind of amazed that the vehicle performed as well as it did.

52 posted on 06/23/2023 6:48:37 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Red Badger
Had there been a metal sleeve inside the tube might have made a difference

There was, but by itself it wasn't strong enough, hence the carbon fiber.

53 posted on 06/23/2023 6:50:23 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Red Badger; V_TWIN

Yes, the pressure hull was a carbon fiber “laminate” tube.

I may be wrong but I don’t believe carbon fiber is often used in compression and most often is used in tension.

Also the greatest weakness in a laminate is the de-lamination.

In a 5 inch laminate the start of de-lamination could be very hard to detect if it began deep in the laminate.

Repeated compression of the hull would cause any defect in the laminate to propagate cracks and weaken the hull till it failed.

The hull should have been inspected carefully after each dive for signs of de-lamination. The entire hull should probably been x-rayed or at minimum been ultrasonically scanned.


54 posted on 06/23/2023 6:52:43 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Ahithophel

‘Nanoseconds’: Expert Details What Sub Victims Likely Experienced In ‘Catastrophic Implosion’

https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/22/expert-titan-submarine-victims-experience/


55 posted on 06/23/2023 6:52:47 AM PDT by Paul46360 (What??ME worry?)
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56 posted on 06/23/2023 6:53:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: allendale
” I am certain that he would not have knowingly put his son’s life at any risk and was seemingly convinced of the safety of the submersible and its crew.”

and deluded other people with his arrogance. (my bold).

If hell has an Ironic Punishment Department (as seen in Simpsons ;)) Stockton may find himself watching safety videos, proper sub-building demonstrations, physics classes, etc….all narrated by 50 year-old white men…for eternity.

57 posted on 06/23/2023 6:56:12 AM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: Pontiac
Also the greatest weakness in a laminate is the de-lamination. And in this case, the glued joint where the tube and the Titanium Metal Dome meet................
58 posted on 06/23/2023 6:56:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: CodeToad

I noticed..........But underwater deep sea acoustics is a fairly well known subject...........


59 posted on 06/23/2023 7:00:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BobL

That was long before the Students for a Democratic Society began its operational history at Berkeley, right?

And before Jefferson Poland got expelled FRom FSU and moved to Berkeley, right?


60 posted on 06/23/2023 7:17:32 AM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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