(This is an updated version of a 2021 piece written after the loss of the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 off Bali, which took the lives of all 53 people on board. The time taken to find it, ...

The Forward Escape Trunk serves many purposes. Most frequently, the escape trunk functions as an entry point for men and equipment. In an emergency, there are two ways the escape trunk can be used to ...

(Reposting this from two years ago after the search for a lost Indonesian submarine. The takeaway here is that below about 1,000 feet at most it is not possible to survive outside the sub and get to ...