Re:Top Secret U.S. Navy System Heard Titan Implosion Days Ago
by jochem9 on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:18AM
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I assume these people could've been doing something more useful than recovering debris, so there's also the value of lost opportunities to be taken into account.
Re:Top Secret U.S. Navy System Heard Titan Implosion Days Ago
by kristjansson on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:32AM
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Eh…
The US military, Coast Guard included, is an exercise in readiness. Responding to something happening is probably as good an exercise as any.
This counts as a maritime accident so the NTSB will likely be investigating. They'd want the Coast Guard to locate and try to recover any pieces it could for the investigation anyway.
Besides, the vast majority of that money is already spent. The variable cost is actually quite low - largely just overtime and fuel cost. Often the fuel comes out of reserves that have to be rotated out anyway.