On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:45:56 GMT, "Vaughn"
wrote:

years to make it into the press, the second incident made the trip from
secrecy to public knowledge in only days. Secrecy is supposed to be a basic
part of the submarine culture; what happened?

A submarine returns from a 6-month patrol after only 1 month. Say anything
you want, but everyone will know that something went dramatically wrong. What
possible explanation could there be, other than a mishap of some sort? Nobody
will believe it if you claim the early return was based on a change in
operational requirements or something of the sort.

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