Argentina Is Still Searching For Its Missing Submarine

Business Insider: Argentina is still searching for its missing submarine, but the outcome looks bleak

* An Argentine submarine has been missing in the South Atlantic for nearly two weeks despite international efforts to find it.
* The sub's fate remains unknown, but an explosion was detected in the area it was in just hours after officials lost contact with it.
* The incident has aroused public ire at the Argentine government and could stoke tensions between the government and the military.

The Argentine submarine ARA San Juan disappeared in the South Atlantic 12 days ago, and a search by ships and aircraft from more than a dozen countries has failed to locate the missing vessel and its 44 crew members.

The German-built diesel-electric submarine, commissioned in 1985, was en route from the Argentine port in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, to its home base at Mar del Plata, some 250 miles south of Buenos Aires.

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