Why did the Argentine Navy carry out a powerful explosion in the area where the submarine was missing?

To establish the causes of the loss of the San-Juan diesel-electric submarine in the south-western Atlantic, a controlled explosion of about 100 kg in TNT was carried out. Recall that earlier the American reconnaissance aircraft recorded a “thermal and acoustic anomaly” in one of the search squares.

Argentine military experts carried out an explosion at a depth of about 40 m in order to obtain data on whether such an explosion could have fixed a reconnaissance plane. As a result of the tests, the Argentine military concluded that the explosion, which probably occurred on board the San Juan diesel-electric submarine, was significantly more powerful than the experimental one.

Recall that earlier the Argentine specialists of the Naval Forces stated that they do not exclude the possibility that there was an explosion of hydrogen onboard the submarine, released during an emergency situation involving the charging of batteries. After the experiment conducted in the Argentine Navy, they came to the conclusion that if there was an explosion, its power was too high to be attributed to malfunctions when charging batteries.

Earlier, the Argentine Navy focused on the fact that the San Juan diesel-electric submarine carried out the transition from Ushuaia to Mar del Plata without armaments in the form of torpedoes.

Comments

[zzdimk]

If there were no torpedoes on board, then how much hydrogen had to be released from the battery so that it shied? Or was there something?

[Herculesic]

Hydrogen has high thermal conductivity, as well as heat transfer, so its concentration in a closed room of a compartment does not have to be prohibitive!

[thinker]

There is such a concept as the Lower Explosive Limit. Hydrogen mixed with air has a very low LEL = 4%

[Shurik70]

There is such a thing as an English submarine. Putting a torpedo into a strange ship is quite in their spirit. Especially if no one knows about it.
And there is such a thing as ammunition detonation. Apparently, this same detonation was spotted. Remember that from the "Kursk" with detonation left. Also, by the way, a hydrogen leak was dumped.

[Ankipelgygyrgyn]

It is necessary to look for a boat, and not to drag relatives of the victims in batches of versions.

[ImPerts]

It will be possible to more or less understand (or try) after finding the place of the accident and at least a visual inspection. And so you can guess for a long time and hard.
In principle, one can also assume such a version that the submarine came across a secret settlement of the heirs of the Third Reich and they sunk the submarine.
As they say, Admiral Bird and 1947 year to help ...

[Orionvit]

Quote: ImPerts

that the submarine came across a secret settlement of the heirs of the Third Reich and they sank the submarine.

Then look at REN TV. Although Prokopenko always says that they do not claim the truth, they will not miss such a case.

[ImPerts]

Quote: Orionvit

Then look at REN TV.

Will have to connect ...

[Ushly_bashkort]

And what did an American reconnaissance plane do in southern Argentina in general?

[Svarog51]

The same as in the Black Sea - conducted reconnaissance. Only in the Atlantic, no one interfered with him, but in the Black Sea he was “politely” asked to get out.

[Ushly_bashkort]

The same as in the Black Sea - conducted reconnaissance.

Yes, there was more sarcasm here, they say an American reconnaissance plane flew by and suddenly on a boat without a BC something loudly blinked

[Svarog51]

Arthur Well, why sarcasm? It is a viable version of the tragedy. "Poseidon" is quite capable of detecting the submarine and ditch it. About then - "I'm not me and not my horse." Now, when they find and examine her, then something may become clear, but for now your version of events may turn out to be correct.

[demo]

And what are American reconnaissance aircraft doing in the waters of the Black and Baltic Seas?
Scouted.

[soldier]

Is there such data?

[Monarchist]

Quote: ImPerts

Quote: Orionvit

Then look at REN TV.

Will have to connect ...

I watched his program at one time, and then threw it away: it strongly wedges on conspiracy theories, and I am skeptical of all kinds of fortunetelling. I remember that in 1996 a new Vanga was hanging around in the Kuban and the newspaper had a price list for fortune telling and predicting the future, and then it scared that it would make impotents all the men who did not go to it. And imagine there were freaks that ran to her