You could have just made your claim like that in the first place instead of sending people to a long and irrelevant British story from the 1950s about a Russian submarine.
If they weren’t doing what people think they were doing, what is your theory?
Russian Cruiser, not submarine.
Who the hell knows ?
What was Buster Crabb doing and what happened to him ?
We still don’t know for sure.
The reason to refer to past events is because there is nothing new under the sun.
Most people understand that part of what one can do is look at past events to try to explain confusing or inexplicable current news. Past events can sometimes give some hints or guidance.
Also, past events gives a pattern for institutions which have to face bad news or failed missions, and how they communicate that to the public.