sub missing

[Lucas]

"The Argentine navy lost contact with the ARA San Juan shortly after the vessel's captain reported a failure in the battery system while the sub was submerged off Argentina's South Atlantic coast, the military said." 

you would think right after this they would be making sure they knew the exact location and rescue teams sent within hours  , idk what am i missing ? 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/23/americas/a...index.html

[Mister Obvious]

S u s p I c I o u s.

[user113]

Batteries have been causing explosions on submarines since WWI. I wonder how old this sub was.

[Mister Obvious]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/23/americas/a...index.html

"Argentine Submarine ARA San Juan went below its maximum rated 'Crush Depth' and spontaneously imploded."

https://twitter.com/JacobAWohl/status/93...9627156480

[user113]

Gotta wonder where Jacob Wohl is getting his information. A sub would go below its crush depth for two reasons.

(1) An enemy was trying to sink it with depth charges, and it dived to avoid the charges. That begs the question: Who would be trying to sink an Argentine sub?

(2) There was a hull breach due to an accident that caused the sub to lose buoyancy. The captain had mentioned a problem with the batteries before they lost contact. Batteries have been know to release explosive gases on subs. It was very common in the early days of submarines. The Russian sub Kursk sank due to poor maintenance because post-Soviet Russia didn't have the money to properly maintain its sub fleet and munitions. Does Argentina have the funds to be tooling about in subs?