Submarine lost contact · 9:49am Apr 21st, 2021
Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala has been reported missing while conducting drill near Bali. Search and Rescue underway.
Nanggala is one of 2 Cakra (Type 209) submarines Indonesia acquired from Germany in the 1980s. An older Type 209, different from the newer Chang Bogo-class submarines.
It’s unknown what happened to Nanggala. Hopefully a system error and the crew are alive. Praying it’s not the San Juan or the Kursk all over again.
What happened then?
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San Juan imploded. Kursk I think a torpedo exploded inside the sub. Nanggala was conducting live torpedo drills when it disappeared.
Both could happen. Nanggala is an old sub diving in some of Indonesia’s deeper waters firing torpedoes in a drill.
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