Thursday, May 20, 2010

Two nuclear-powered boats collide in the Atlantic

London - A spectacular accident in the Atlantic: In the ocean collided two nuclear submarines, as reported in several British media. Also, the respective defense ministries have confirmed the incident now.
Both the British HMS Vanguard "and the French" Le Triomphant "can be loaded with 16 nuclear missiles and a multiple of nuclear warheads. How accurate are the ships were equipped to collision time is not known.
Actually, both were diving vessels (each 150 meters long) equipped with advanced sonar equipment - the collision at low speed, but not prevent this.
An effect of nuclear safety have it but gave no time like "The Sun" writes, citing a senior military.
After the collision is the "Triomphant" continued his own journey towards Brest, while said to have been the "HMS Vanguard" dragged into its home port of Faslane in Scotland. gave details of injuries among the 240 sailors not.