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How much did the Titan submersible search cost the US military?
By David Sharp, The Associated Press
 Jun 25, 01:10 PM
 
PORTLAND, Maine — The cost of the unprecedented search for the missing Titan submersible will easily stretch into the millions of dollars, experts said Friday.

The massive international effort by aircraft, surface ships and deep-sea robots began Sunday when the Titan was reported missing. Searchers raced against a 96-hour clock in the desperate hope to find and rescue the vessel’s occupants before their oxygen supply ran out.
 
Coast Guard officials were bringing in more ships and other vessels to search for the missing Titan submersible in the North Atlantic.
But all hope was extinguished Thursday when officials announced the submersible had suffered a catastrophic implosion, killing all five aboard.

A scaled-back search remained in place Friday as the robots — remotely operated vehicles, known as ROVs — continued to scan the sea floor for evidence that might shed light on what occurred in the deep waters of the North Atlantic.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2023/06/25/how-much-did-the-titan-submersible-search-cost-the-us-military/
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Re: How much did the Titan submersible search cost the US military?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2023, 06:58:11 pm »
On the other side of the ledger, what was the real-life training value?
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Re: How much did the Titan submersible search cost the US military?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2023, 08:12:45 pm »
Both the US Navy and the mothership monitoring the dive knew it imploded shortly after it happened.

Bad form all around.

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Re: How much did the Titan submersible search cost the US military?
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2023, 08:39:05 pm »
The reality is it cost nothing because they would have spent that money  on training,anyhow.

Plus,even tied up at a dock while the sailors are on shore leave,it still costs money to keep the systems going.

Yeah,ALL branches of the service try to pass these expenses on to another branch because it increases their budget "Off the books" when they do.
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Re: How much did the Titan submersible search cost the US military?
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2023, 12:02:19 am »
How much will they save not building carbon fiber DSRVs?
Or finding and addressing any flaws in this one.

Chalk it up to practice, chalk it up to basic research, either way there are gains.
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