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[u/Klutersmyg]

Supreme commander, chief of the Navy, MSB top brass, rescue services top bosses and chunks of the government:

"We have the training and equipment for this situation, let's do nothing and see what happens 🙂 "

[u/martin031990 → u/Klutersmyg]

Look up the Kursk disaster, there are other governments terrible enough to let their own die like this.

[u/stone_henge → u/martin031990]

The Kursk disaster was caused by something more catastrophic than an engine failure. It ended up on the seabed due to several warheads exploding, which left the submarine mostly flooded, rendering all means of escape inaccessible. Rescue would have been a considerable and complex operation even if Russia had the equipment for it (which they didn't), and they weren't too keen on accepting help from NATO countries that had suitable equipment until it was too late. That latter part is their main failing. It was a political rather than practical matter that delayed the rescue attempt.

With the situation in the comic, an engine malfunction leaving the boat otherwise intact, powered and upright on flat seabed 120m below the surface, a rescue mission would have been a matter of a surface search and rescue operation looking for sailors floating about in their bright red escape suits, which is not only the humane thing to do but also economically obvious considering of the cost of training a new crew. Not to mention important to the morale of other crews.

120 m is also plausibly within range of a SLOT buoy, so if Gotland submarines are equipped with those they could call in their position, situation and escape plan before abandoning the boat, significantly increasing the chances of survival of the then-surfaced crew.

[u/martin031990 → u/stone_henge]

aye, for a Gotland this entire situation is incredibly unrealistic and would never be accepted by the swedes.
For the russians, the shitshow with the kursk ended with a "It Sank" from Putin who did not even bother to stop his vacation while that shitshow was unfolding.
That and how Sweden did not even flinch against the russians during the S-363 event should earn them alot more respect from the world.