Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Synopsis: On January 8, 2005, the nuclear submarine USS San Francisco collided with an uncharted underwater mountain while traveling at over 30 knots, resulting...
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Synopsis: On January 8, 2005, the nuclear submarine USS San Francisco collided with an uncharted underwater mountain while traveling at over 30 knots, resulting...
Key Takeaways – In 2005, the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Francisco slammed at high speed into an unmapped seamount, turning a routine...
Submarine accidents are tragic. In one incident, one sailor died, and as many as 97 United States Navy crew members were injured undersea South...
Human error and the limits of undersea technology appear to have caused the USS San Francisco submarine to collide with an undersea “seamount” or...
Typically it is fighter and bomber pilots who need to be concerned with mountains – especially while flying in conditions with low visibility. Tragically,...