• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 hours ago

    Typically submarines aren’t in a position to offer refuge to shipwrecked sailors, but to my recollection there hasn’t been submarine warfare since WWII. They sank a ship that didn’t present any threat and likely could have been neutralized with a number of alternate approaches.

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      2 hours ago

      Yup but also, the idea of submarines providing rescue went out the window. Even the nazis were trying to rescue people at one point, and the allies attacked them after they broadcasted their rescue attempts

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident

      The US has the most powerful military in the world. This was just cruelty