Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 19, 2018

Daily Mail: Pictured: Crushed wreckage of Argentine submarine lying on the seabed a year after it sank due to a leak and imploded under water pressure in the Atlantic ocean with 44 crew on board

* Pictures show fragmented pieces of the submarine including the crushed hull
* The remains of the ARA San Juan submarine were found in the Atlantic on Friday
* Argentine navy lost contact with the submarine on November 15 last year
* Families of the 44 crew members who perished in the accident were informed

The crushed and imploded wreckage of an Argentine submarine that disappeared has been pictured lying on the seabed almost exactly a year after it went missing.

The ARA San Juan submarine was located in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday at a depth of 2,600 feet, crushing the last hopes for relatives of the 44 crew.

Pictures taken by an underwater robot show a propeller, the sub's bow with torpedo-launching tubes and an upper section of the vessel lying on the ocean floor.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 19, 2018

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