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Titanic Discovery's Secret Military Mission Revealed 40 Years Later
The US Navy's covert 1985 mission aimed to secure sensitive submarine technology from Soviet access, leading to the unexpected discovery of the Titanic wreck by oceanographer Robert Ballard.
- In 2022, Magellan Ltd. took 715,000 images of the Titanic to create a digital model, aiding research into its sinking mysteries.
- The digital twin provides new insights into how the Titanic sank over 100 years ago and helps explore its mysteries.
- Metallurgist Jennifer Hooper noted that the damage was a "giant, catastrophic fracture" causing the ship to buckle.
- The digital model provides clear insights, revealing that the iceberg may have caused an 18-square-foot gash that led to the Titanic's sinking.
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On September 1, 1985, forty years ago to the day, the wreck of the Titanic was discovered by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel. The ship had sank on the night of April 14-15, 1912, following a collision with an iceberg. According to Antoine Resche, doctor in history, many objects still lie in the depths. - Titanic: 40 years after its discovery, the wreck still contains secrets (International).
The sunken ocean liner was discovered forty years ago. The Navy funded the mission, which was secretly intended to map military wrecks. The Titanic has been further damaged by tourism and the sea in recent decades, and now even the railing where Leonardo DiCaprio shouts in the film has broken.
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