Jesse Helms' Ghost
02-17-2009, 04:22 AM
So either both Navies have excellent stealth capabilities, or they both have really bad sonar.
The fact the French thought they ran into a large shipping container says a lot.
British, French nuclear subs collide in Atlantic
The first public indication of a mishap came when France reported in a little-noticed Feb. 6 statement that one of its submarine had struck a submerged object — perhaps a shipping container. But confirmation of the accident only came after British media reported it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_sub_collision
The fact the French thought they ran into a large shipping container says a lot.
British, French nuclear subs collide in Atlantic
The first public indication of a mishap came when France reported in a little-noticed Feb. 6 statement that one of its submarine had struck a submerged object — perhaps a shipping container. But confirmation of the accident only came after British media reported it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_sub_collision