Context: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872
The above titanic submersible that went missing can only send short text messages from the ship to the submersible. From my understanding there is no GPS underwater and radio communication is impossible. How can Navy submarines communicate and navigate while submerged in the ocean but the missing submersible can’t?
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You’ve gotten some detailed answers that explain a lot one thing I haven’t seen mentioned yet. The Titanic came to rest on the ocean floor in just over 12,000 feet of water. The vessel that went down there is small and specifically designed for very deep dives.
A military submarines are much larger. Several hundred feet in length- how deep they can go is classified but the number the US Navy will publicly admit to is that they can go down more than 300 meters.
There would be very little reason for any Navy to build a submarine that can go down 10,000 -12000 feet.
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