HMS Vanguard, which is believed to have been involved in an underwater collision with a French submarine Photo: MOD (The Telegraph)How Nuclear Subs Could Go Bump in the Night -- FOX News
Great Britain and France have always had their cultural differences, but the latest military miscommunication between the two hardly has them shouting vive la difference! This one literally could have gone nuclear.
A couple of elite nuclear submarines, the British HMS Vanguard and the French Navy's Le Triomphant, collided in the Northern Atlantic on Feb. 4 while "conducting routine patrols," both countries acknowledged on Sunday. Both subs are armed with multiple-warhead nuclear missiles.
But the Vanguard and Le Triomphant are also equipped with some of the most sophisticated military sonar devices available, complete with various antennas and sensors that collect information that is analyzed by high-powered computers.
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British, French nuclear subs collide in Atlantic -- AP
British-French Nuclear-armed Submarine Collision Disclosed -- Voice of America
Two subs, dozens of nuclear warheads, one huge ocean - and a stroke of bad luck -- The Guardian
Did France's Secrecy Cause a Nuclear Submarine Collision? -- Time
British and French nuclear submarines collide in Atlantic -- The Telegraph