AND now intelligence collection kicks in--it is being reported today that the discovered sunken sub "might" be a Russian sub from 1916 that supposedly was hit by a Swedish freighter and sunk in 1916---
BUT what is strange is the video does not depict a "standard sub form even from 1916" but rather one of a "typical research submersible" used by Russain intel gathering.
Secondly, the only released video does not depict a "1916 damaged sub meaning physically hit by a freighter" covered in over 100 years worth of silt as it was found in a fairly normal current areas which would have been carrying silt and there was no ocean "growth" on the metal parts in the video depicting over 100 years of being in the ocean.
Thirdly, the salvage crew had a long remote recon session a number of times but only a short video was played AND in their interview they openly stated and it was not contradicted "there was no apparent damage to the sub and it was intact and was approximately 20 meters long"--certainly not the standard length of a 1916 sub.
So how can a 1916 struck by a freighter and sunk Russian sub NOT have "no apparent damage and being intact". Beside in 1916 what was a Russian sub doing in Swedish territorial waters anyway?
AND they informed the Swedish Navy of the find last Wednesday and the information was leaked yesterday--if a "damaged 1916 sub" why the long wait to reveal it?
Fourthly, if in fact a Russian modern recon/spy sub and it is intact THEN the intel wealth of that sub is massive and extensive.
Am personally betting that they are using a cover story now to allow for the ship to be recovered and not have to answer to Russian demands to return the ship and potential dead crew. So the 1916 sub becomes the story and then we will hear there is no need to recover it and it will be left as a naval burial site and so marked in the Baltic maps much as other naval sinkings are being handled from WW2.
If it was truly announced that it is a recon/spy sub and publicly recovered then Russia could in fact legally demand it's return and the formal burial of the crew AND Russia under Putin would back those demands by an aggressive show of force to back up their demands as they have been doing for over a year in the entire Baltic Sea area.
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