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Followed shortly by ‘oh shit’ and ‘we dropped two weights’ then ‘guys, it’s getting kind of wet in here…’
Just kidding, mostly.
Serious question: how does a submarine know how much it weighs?
Explosive decompression is almost instantaneous at that depth. They wouldn't have had a chance to even blink.
Implosive compression?