Steve? I feel kind of used by Steve. I respect his service. I understand he had a mission. If he completes it I will acknowledge his success. With respect to his role in the 'Q' team, however, I feel as though I laid down next to someone unsavory who has used me for years and I'm just waking up to Maggie May in my bed.
For my part I was trying to help what I thought was a newfag and let the 'gulf' stuff slide. I thought the newfag's interest in subs and missiles might help others.
It was diesel-electric boat lost with all hands. The part I find most interesting is that Argentina claimed there were 44 aboard. POTUS tweeted about the loss of 45. Media assumed 'Trump is mistaken'. I always thought - 'who has access to the intelligence, POTUS or the media?'
She was a TR-1700 Santa Cruz Class diesel-electric sub. The ARA San Juan. Modern DE subs are very sophisticated. Argentina says lost with all hands - 44 aboard. POTUS tweeted about the loss of 45. Who else was aboard?
The extra capacity introduced to major cities was POTUS calling their bluff. They wanted to say 'we're overwhelmed, not enough ventilators, not enough beds' so all this is the President's fault. They would be using that right now. But it was thwarted. USN ships were empty. Field hospitals were empty. Narrative anticipated, narrative destroyed, Anon.
'Richard B Russell' was almost certainly a submarine reference, Anon. We can't be sure it was a specific reference to a specific sub. SSN-687 was a fast-attack boat. Her only nukes were SUBROC short range. I'm fairly certain that at 250 kt the UMM-44 would cause the desired effect. I'm not confident about the range, though. Another strike is the flight path of the 'helicopter' on video. I'm not sure the UMM-44 would have the same launch characteristics.
Definitely a great crumb. Suggests a submarine launch occurred and the threat was neutralized under cover of the hijacked aircraft.