Agosta SSK Sub Brief

Let's be honest, the Pakistani secret service fed those guys to the extremists, they had them on a pretty short leash at the time. Much like US got bitten in the arse by their support of them, so did Pakistan a decade or so after the bombing. Half the time, the Pakistani military is as much in conflict with their own civilian government, as they are with foreign targets; their secret service is practically rogue a lot of the time; so it's near impossible to say who made the call. For all we know it was a faction that wanted the government to switch to another supplier and found a way to force their hand. The true believer and their victims are just collateral damage in the business of military procurement.

Lucid Nonsense

I'm not saying you're wrong but what really happened that day seems to be still up on the air in terms of who the intended target was and who had an axe to grind.

1500 tons surface displacement seems small nowadays. Collins-class were at least double that.

I understand the indignation, I really do. I think that line was inflammatory and inconsistent from your usual respectful tone in these briefs. As a content creator, you'll get a lot of fans from that part of the world. Like with channels such as the CaspianReport and Covert Cabal, which is where I got recommended to you from. The attack was carried out by a branch of Al-Qaeda. They mistook the engineers for an American target they had plotted against for some time. Pakistan arrested the masterminds and other even possibly innocent suspects and at the urging of the French families, they had them executed. Pakistan also payed out to those families. Pakistan's government should be criticized for failing to provide those contractors with security. I'm not saying what you can and can't say, just giving you feedback on how a fan like me received that.

dingo

I imagine the 14 engineers could have down without the suicide bomber as well.

Aaron Amick

Great sub brief but could have done without the "those people suicide bomb when they're angry". Love your videos all the way here from Algeria.

dingo

Balladur never was president. Prime Minister, Candidate to the presidency, but never president. Thanks for an amazing piece. :)

Great french submarine ! nice sub brief

Thank you for making my lunch break educational. So good.

Ahahahaha !! Not sure if that was a joke but it indeed was very funny ! The 4th of the class S623 is named Ouessant with an O and not a Q. Ouessant is an island off the tip of Brittany, very close to the city of Brest. It's pronounced like " wessant " Although maybe croissant would have been a better name ! Great video anyway jive as always ! Happy to see more French subs here.

I hope the Type 209 is next, the other famous export submarine! Curiously I think Iran meant to order a few before the Shah was overthrown. This would make a nice segway into a discussion of the Tang SSK, which was also earmarked for export to pre-revolution Iran.

Faris Asim Shaikh

Thanks once again for an excellent SubBrief. She looks like a tight ship, used to the Soviet briefs with enough room for Saunas, maybe they had a big kitchen.

Hello, Aaron thank you very much for another great Briefing. I would like to add a few additions. The Exocet missile has claimed two of Her Majesty's Ships the famous Sheffield a Typ 42 first Batch Destroyer and less famous but far worse for the British Task Force the Atlantic Conveyor a Merchantman which was carrying critical assets such as harrier jump jets and all Chinook helicopters. The loss of does choppers was the main reason why the Royal Marines and Paras cross the hole of East Falkland by food (carrying an average of 180 pounds). Exocet almost got a third one, HMS Glamorgan by firing two missiles from the shore in an impressive act of improvisation, the Ship was severely damaged but finally returned Home.