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Something Just Went BEZERK in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Navy just sunk a French Submarine
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[quote:Hans The Magnificent:MV8xMTEzNTg2XzE5MDI4MDE0XzVBNDBENkQ1] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1083862] just to clear up what is in the UK's submarine fleet. We have 4 Vanguard class submarines, HMS Vanguard, HMS Victorious, HMS Vigilant and HMS Vengeance; these are our nuclear deterrent boats and are at several days notice to deploy their Trident missiles. We have 6 Trafalgar class submarines; HMS Turbulent, HMS Tireless, HMS Torbay, HMS Trenchant, HMS Talent and HMS Triumph. These boats are armed with tomahawk cruise missiles. HMS Trafalgar was decomissioned last year, Turbulent will be decomissioned next year and the others will eventually be decomissioned at 2 year intervals after that. We have 1 Swiftsure class submarine left, HMS Sceptre is due to be decomissioned later this year. All remaining Swiftsure boats are awaiting disposal after decomissioning. We now have 1 Astute class submarine in service. HMS Astute was comissioned on Friday 27 August 2010 at Faslane. 3 other Astute class submarines will come into service over the next few years, they are HMS Ambush, HMS Artful and HMS Audacious, though they can't use the HMS prefix until they are comissioned. So if it all kicked off today and the UK went to war, we could call upon 4 nuclear subs and 8 conventional subs. By the way, as you know, warships maximum speeds are classifed information, but HMS Astute can reputedly go at 29 knots underwater and stay underwater indefinitely, so it can probably do over 700 miles in a day. Information unashamedly lifted from "British Warships & Auxiliaries" a booklet published every year by Maritime Books in Liskeard, Cornwall, England. does HMS stand for 'her majesty's service'? [b]just like to know who's finger is on the trigger of these apocalypse boxes[/b] [/quote] Tell me it's not Blackwater. [/quote]
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