Nuclear Subs Collide With Multiple Warhead Missiles Onboard

Two submarines carrying nuclear warheads on board collided with one another. One from the UK, one from France.

Global catastrophe averted.
Farhad2000says...

For some reason it reminded me of this event:

The 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident occurred at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base on August 29–30, 2007. Six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, each loaded with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, were mistakenly loaded on a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H heavy bomber at Minot and transported to Barksdale. The nuclear warheads in the missiles were supposed to have been removed before taking the missiles from their storage bunker. The missiles with the nuclear warheads were not reported missing and remained mounted to the aircraft at both Minot and Barksdale for a period of 36 hours. During this period, the warheads were not protected by the various mandatory security precautions required for nuclear weapons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_incident

calvadossays...

I doubt this was as much of a near-disaster as the media is making it out to be. These subs were probably traveling no faster than 5 MPH each (--if they were traveling fast they would have been audible to each other) and are designed to be able to sustain battle damage yet stay intact.

siftbotsays...

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