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British and French Nuclear Submarines Collided Undetected at Sea
Original: Royal Navy Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard Collided With a French Nuclear Missile Submarine. Neither Had Detected the Other, and France First Said It Hit ‘Probably a Container’
HMS Vanguard, a Royal Navy nuclear missile submarine, collided with a French nuclear ballistic missile submarine while both were on patrol. Neither crew detected the other before the crash, and France initially suggested its vessel had probably hit a shipping container. The incident raised questions about submarine detection capabilities and the risks of hiding nuclear-armed boats in open ocean.
Why now: The alarming near-miss between two nuclear-armed submarines, and the failure of either to detect the other, continues to draw attention as a symbol of stealth technology's dangers.
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