Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"Tricky one. The obligation to render aid to survivors has to be balanced with the risk to ones own crew.
What exactly is the risk to an SSN's crew off Sri Lanka, from Iranian forces back in the motherland ?"
Well you can can hardy take them all on board - numbers for a start - and they're not going to be happy - in fact they will be mad as hell. You could signal the sinking immediately to all vessels and hang around until someone turned up but you might be worried about just who that someone might be.
I'm afraid we finish up with the same issues as the "Lusitania" sinking in WW1. Submarines are different
I am afraid I differ.
It is a modern open ocean SSN, not an old style SSK. Just put a swimmer in the water and pull em up the casing, zip tie them and shove them below. They can be packed in on an SSN, there is room, of that I can be sure. Might be a tad cramped and smelly and awkward. Offload them tout suite in the nearest port, or transfer at sea There are no offensive ASW assets within a thousand miles. And 99% of folk pulled out of the sh1t are very happy in my experience.
Excuses can always be found. It is the intent that matters. It is what makes 'us' different than the other lot.
(Just like with drug runners)
(The reason Iranians are not running out into the streets has a lot to do with how Trump et al have mishandled Venezuela. Good will takes centuries to gain and seconds to lose )