The ARA San Juan found 800m deep is beyond country’s reach, says defence minister

The Argentine government has acknowledged that it lacks the proper technology to salvage the submarine that disappeared a year ago with 44 crew members onboard, after it was found on the seabed deep in the Atlantic early on Saturday.

Argentina’s defence minister, Oscar Aguad, said at a press conference that the navy doesn’t have submersibles with “modern technology” capable of “verifying the seabed” to extract the ARA San Juan, which was found 800 metres (2,625 feet) deep in waters off the Valdes peninsula in Argentine Patagonia.

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