Thread: Indonesia asks for Aus. and Singapore to help in Submarine sinking

Originally Posted by bob10

There is such a thing, but .....sounds like a snowjob to me. Nature is to blame, not human error. Right.

I would have thought that it would be incorporated into the design surely?

i agree with bob on thsi one.

Originally Posted by shwza

I would have thought that it would be incorporated into the design surely?

I'm not an expert, but something doesn't sound right. The Submarine force Commander was sea riding, apparently. they were about to commence torpedo drills, [ hate that word] apparently. Whatever happened, there was not enough time to communicate any problems to the surface. Why was the squadron Commander there? Were they testing a new weapon? Am I promoting a conspiracy theory? probably. Either way, a submarine and her crew are laying on the bottom of the ocean. And I have no more idea than any one else why.

There is a good description of "internal waves at the following. While I have an open mind on what MAY have happened, having spent about 10 years working offshore in Indonesia I have never heard of this being a problem.
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What we know about the internal waves that may have sunk Indonesia's submarine


What we know about the internal waves that may have sunk Indonesia's submarine - ABC News

While some speculated that the submarine was hit by a foreign missile or a power blackout, Indonesian authorities now suspect the submarine was pulled under by a powerful underwater current called an internal solitary wave.

Indo's are very well known for not questioning any authority. Civil or military you do not point out any problems. The Navy were very quick to blame everything but the crew. The wave theory if you read into it only effects a couple of hundred feet, once through it they should have been able to recover.

Originally Posted by Fourgearsticks

Indo's are very well known for not questioning any authority. Civil or military you do not point out any problems. The Navy were very quick to blame everything but the crew. The wave theory if you read into it only effects a couple of hundred feet, once through it they should have been able to recover.

That certainly puts a new slant on it, Fgs.


Things can't improve with that crap thinking.

Originally Posted by bob10

I'm not an expert, but something doesn't sound right. The Submarine force Commander was sea riding, apparently. they were about to commence torpedo drills, [ hate that word] apparently. Whatever happened, there was not enough time to communicate any problems to the surface. Why was the squadron Commander there? Were they testing a new weapon? Am I promoting a conspiracy theory? probably. Either way, a submarine and her crew are laying on the bottom of the ocean. And I have no more idea than any one else why.

When I raised that question on here thinking as you have I was told it meant it was the normal Boat Captain.


Dunno!