Oopsie! Nuclear subs collide in Atlantic
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.
HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant were badly damaged in the crash in heavy seas earlier this month.
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band said the submarines came into contact at low speed and no injuries were reported.
Both the UK and France insisted nuclear security had not been compromised.
BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt said the incident was "incredibly embarrassing" for the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
She said HMS Vanguard, with "very visible dents and scrapes", was towed back to its home base at Faslane on the Firth of Clyde.
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How do subs collide? They have sonar, no? Do we need an Ocean Traffic Controller now?
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How do subs collide? They have sonar, no? Do we need an Ocean Traffic Controller now?
Well. There are two types of sonar: active and passive. Active is when the sonar emits "pings" and then listens for echos. Subs generally don't use active sonar because it would give away the sub's location to other ships or subs. Passive sonar is when they just listen for the sounds of other ships and subs. It works well, unless the ship or sub they're listening for is very quiet. Modern subs are very quiet themselves, especially when traveling slowly, like the two subs in the collision were.
So the moral of the story is that a sub that wants to be stealthy can still find and avoid other ships and subs, except when the other sub is being stealthy too.
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