Ali Kefford is a naval journalist, who specialises in submarine warfare. She has joined six Royal Navy nuclear submarines at sea, including a Trident deterrent boat.
When the news broke that the Titan submersible was missing, naval experts immediately recognised that the chances of saving the lives of those on board were, realistically, tantamount to non-existent. With rare agreement, they swiftly concluded that the kindest outcome for the five passengers would be that the submersible had imploded. Hard-hearted as this may
The thought of laying eyes on the wreck of Titanic has tantalised the world since the ship’s rediscovery in 1985. Now the five people aboard the submersible Titan, currently lost in the Atlantic, will almost undoubtedly end up paying the ultimate price for their desire to see the sunken liner on the ocean floor. Superpowers spend billions, largely
