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Offline Zimme83

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But aren't they supposed to sink?
« on: April 25, 2016, 05:58:55 PM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10073951/2-billion-Spanish-navy-submarine-will-sink-to-bottom-of-sea.html

A Submarine that sinks? I Think there are something fishy going on here.  :noid





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Re: But aren't they supposed to sink?
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2016, 06:00:22 PM »
And even worse: The Chinese have found a new way to hide their subs.  :noid
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Re: But aren't they supposed to sink?
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2016, 07:07:49 PM »
Interesting.  I looked around a bit at the various articles after following your link.
Excuse my stupidity, is that a real paper or is it satire?
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Re: But aren't they supposed to sink?
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2016, 07:19:52 PM »
The first one? I'm pretty sure its real, they had to add seven meters to the hull in order to increase the displacement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-80-class_submarine
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Re: But aren't they supposed to sink?
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2016, 07:42:19 PM »
And even worse: The Chinese have found a new way to hide their subs.  :noid
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Re: But aren't they supposed to sink?
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2016, 10:20:12 PM »

Direct result from failure of chinas land subs

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