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I will respond to the other points later but I don’t disagree. The Coast Guard and other authorities should attempt S&R whenever there is a reasonable chance of finding survivors or even just to help locate the crash site to aid future recovery- for the same reasons we try to recover crashed aircraft.  I don’t think attempting to find the sub is unreasonable, I just think it’s an important part of information that should have been made public sooner. Surely the implosion heard on the hydrophones were correlated with the area of the submarine, time communications were lost, etc.

I think it does raise a question about the size of the response too- sending multiple C-130’s, P-3’s, P-8’s, various naval and CG ships for a likely what would be unsuccessful rescue, etc meanwhile off of Greece hundreds of people die on a sinking ship. I can only imagine the price tag involved with the Titan S&R operation. I would like to point out the USCG takes on extreme risk rescuing mariners and it’s not like US and Canadian resources used would have otherwise been used in the Met (or the European subs offered to help) but the response between N. America and Europe in these too cases is beyond shameful, especially for Greece.