Scorpion and Thresher

Bubblehead1980 · 07-19-10, 01:18 PM

I had heard of the US nuke subs lost during the cold war but havent seen anything about them in a while.Yesterday evening on one of the 10 discovery channels I get(lol) there was a thing about how DR Robert Ballard of Titanic fame went on secret survey missions of the wrecks of Thresher and Scorpion while under the guise of looking for the Titanic.

Some pretty good evidence the Soviets sank the Scorpion from there and other things I have read.They had motive(revenge for one of their subs that was rammed in the Pacific) means...their own nuke sub.They had information leaked from spy John Walker who told them about Scorpion's location so they had the opportunity to ambush her.They also knew they were likely to get away with it since no one would ever know or be able to prove it.Also, was the US going to go to war over one submarine?

Just wanted to get other views.Don't want an ugly insult fest to start, so keep it respectful.Just want to know what others have read, think etc.

07-19-10, 01:18 PM	#1
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,100 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	Scorpion and Thresher I had heard of the US nuke subs lost during the cold war but havent seen anything about them in a while.Yesterday evening on one of the 10 discovery channels I get(lol) there was a thing about how DR Robert Ballard of Titanic fame went on secret survey missions of the wrecks of Thresher and Scorpion while under the guise of looking for the Titanic. Some pretty good evidence the Soviets sank the Scorpion from there and other things I have read.They had motive(revenge for one of their subs that was rammed in the Pacific) means...their own nuke sub.They had information leaked from spy John Walker who told them about Scorpion's location so they had the opportunity to ambush her.They also knew they were likely to get away with it since no one would ever know or be able to prove it.Also, was the US going to go to war over one submarine? Just wanted to get other views.Don't want an ugly insult fest to start, so keep it respectful.Just want to know what others have read, think etc.