and they are supposed to keep us safe??

[lynda66]

Nuclear sub 'in Atlantic collision'

am now scared ....

[bubblewrap]

Are they sure it wasn't HMS Troutbridge?

[allotmentlady]

scary isnt it? they dont tell us half of what does go on, so this is just a little bit of leaked info we have discovered......

[srodders]

At least it shows our subs are fairly undetectable.

[allotmentlady]

yep until they crash...........

[Comfreyfan]

Scarey yes, but still made me giggle - the thought of the whole Atlantic to cruise around in and they manage to bump into each other - all the technology in the world at their fingertips and they weren't aware of each other - just so ridiculous!

[lynda66]

Scarey yes, but still made me giggle - the thought of the whole Atlantic to cruise around in and they manage to bump into each other - all the technology in the world at their fingertips and they weren't aware of each other - just so ridiculous!

must admit i did laugh a bit, it's not like they were in a swimming pool or summat lol

[Snadger]

At least it shows our subs are fairly undetectable.

And can take a fair auld knock!

[beefy]

A couple of tins of Isopon , a big hammer to knock out the scratch and a gallon of paint and the Insurance company will never know.
Wonder what fully comp for a sub would be ? would you have to have named drivers? Bet you have to put it in a garage at night though.

[Snadger]

A couple of tins of Isopon , a big hammer to knock out the scratch and a gallon of paint and the Insurance company will never know.
Wonder what fully comp for a sub would be ? would you have to have named drivers? Bet you have to put it in a garage at night though.

Yes Sir, so you want insurance do you? What model do you drive?

"A hunter killer mate!"

[NOG]

- all the technology in the world at their fingertips and they weren't aware of each other - just so ridiculous!

No its not...you have totally the wrong end of the stick.

The main job of a sub is not to be found. Thats what the technoclogy is there for. And it worked.

[bubblewrap]

Yes Sir, so you want insurance do you? What model do you drive?

No a Sub-aru

[beefy]

No a Sub-aru

Any Extra's? - Yeah 16 nukes in the boot and 20 torpedoes under the bonnet.

[Peter]

Scarey yes, but still made me giggle - the thought of the whole Atlantic to cruise around in and they manage to bump into each other - all the technology in the world at their fingertips and they weren't aware of each other - just so ridiculous!

Naval explanation today quietly amusing.
There are a limited number of places in the Atlantic that are quiet, deep and large.
These are what the ballistic missiles subs like to hide in.
UK, US & French subs are very quiet and cruise around submerged with their sonar (underwater radar) in passive mode (listen only no pings broadcast to reflect back).
Russian & Chinese subs ar relatively noisy and UK subs in passive mode can hear them a long way off.
US subs are very quiet, but the Yanks talk to us about roughly where their subs are and we tell them roughly where ours are and we agree between us to keep apart.
French subs are very quiet and they don't talk to us about where they are.

The French sub was the only sub at sea at the same time as ours that we might not hear and as it lurked in the same sort of places and went back to the western approaches of the Channel the same as our sub, so it "really was the only thing in the Atlantic we were likely to hit."

[Snadger]

Naval explanation today quietly amusing.
There are a limited number of places in the Atlantic that are quiet, deep and large.
These are what the ballistic missiles subs like to hide in.
UK, US & French subs are very quiet and cruise around submerged with their sonar (underwater radar) in passive mode (listen only no pings broadcast to reflect back).
Russian & Chinese subs ar relatively noisy and UK subs in passive mode can hear them a long way off.
US subs are very quiet, but the Yanks talk to us about roughly where their subs are and we tell them roughly where ours are and we agree between us to keep apart.
French subs are very quiet and they don't talk to us about where they are.

The French sub was the only sub at sea at the same time as ours that we might not hear and as it lurked in the same sort of places and went back to the western approaches of the Channel the same as our sub, so it "really was the only thing in the Atlantic we were likely to hit."

Ah well, that's ok then!