British and French nuclear submarines collide underwater

[Thrik]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7892294.stm

A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French nuclear sub in the middle of the Atlantic, the MoD has confirmed.

The submarines are equipped with sonar to detect other vessels nearby but our correspondent said it be might be the case that the anti-sonar devices, meant to hide the submarines from enemies, were "too effective".

"The collision of two submarines, both with nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons onboard, could have released vast amounts of radiation and scattered scores of nuclear warheads across the seabed."

Fuckers are lucky. But man, what are the odds of two stealth nuclear submarines colliding in the middle of the Atlantic?

[-HP-]

Holy shit... ah ah.

[Pericolos0]

this is hilarious and also incredibly scary:

"The Ministry of Defence needs to explain how it is possible for a submarine carrying weapons of mass destruction to collide with another submarine carrying weapons of mass destruction in the middle of the world's second-largest ocean," he said.

[Minos]

Now that´s what I call efficient stealth systems

[KoKo5oVaR]

It's like that american satellite colliding with a russian military one in the middle of the space

[dux]

Look at it this way. It's French.

[Ginger Lord]

It's not as bizarre as it sounds as many countries have certain areas of the Atlantic that are perfect for lurking in. They're naturally deep areas, perfectly positioned to allow easy access to anywhere and pretty well hidden from sonar. So they all hide in these little bunk holes, apparantly you can have up to 5 or so Submarines in one of these areas which could be now more than 1km square.

[dux]

It's not as bizarre as it sounds as many countries have certain areas of the Atlantic that are perfect for lurking in. They're naturally deep areas, perfectly positioned to allow easy access to anywhere and pretty well hidden from sonar. So they all hide in these little bunk holes, apparantly you can have up to 5 or so Submarines in one of these areas which could be now more than 1km square.

Ginger you are forgetting one thing.

French.

[Skacky]

Hehehe what can you do against us, dux?

[dux]

Release the headcrabs

[Seldoon182]

It's not as bizarre as it sounds as many countries have certain areas of the Atlantic that are perfect for lurking in. They're naturally deep areas, perfectly positioned to allow easy access to anywhere and pretty well hidden from sonar. So they all hide in these little bunk holes, apparantly you can have up to 5 or so Submarines in one of these areas which could be now more than 1km square.

Ginger you are forgetting one thing.

French.

How we can't surrender one more time with that kind of argument! :megaman:

[KoKo5oVaR]

Actually it's the britishes who drive on the wrong side of the sea

[dissonance]

But man, what are the odds of two stealth nuclear submarines colliding in the middle of the Atlantic?

Maybe they were chasing the same Russian.

[Sentura]

But man, what are the odds of two stealth nuclear submarines colliding in the middle of the Atlantic?

Maybe they were chasing the same Russian.

in that case, he did a good job getting away and crashing those two subs...

[Steppenwolf]

My theory is the french one was testing its backwards gear and didn't saw the british one coming.