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Inside the Navy's new £1billion supersub
Dailymail ^
| PUBLISHED: 03:59 EST, 14 September 2012
| SAM ADAMS
Posted on 09/14/2012 6:57:31 AM PDT by eglman
She cost around £1billion to build, has sonar so sensitive it can hear other vessels 3,000 miles away and carries a giant payload of 38 deadly Tomahawk cruise missiles. HMS Ambush, the Royal Navy's newest nuclear attack submarine, is one of the most sophisticated and powerful vessels of her type ever built. The giant Astute-class sub, which was launched today, is so hi-tech she doesn't even need a periscope. Scroll down to watch the submarine's weapons being tested...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2203110/Deadly-Hunter-Killer-submarine-capable-hearing-ship-leaving-port-New-York--sat-underwater-English-channel.html#ixzz26S6QgfTi
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: supersub
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:57:39 AM PDT
by
eglman
To: eglman
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posted on
09/14/2012 7:17:35 AM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: paul51
Tell the crew to let us know if they find our mortgages down there.
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posted on
09/14/2012 7:20:59 AM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: noiseman
Well, they are under water.
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posted on
09/14/2012 7:23:16 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Romney/Ryan 2012)
To: paul51
Our Sturgeon Class built in the 1960’s were 292 ft and 32 width. It’s not that big.
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posted on
09/14/2012 7:23:24 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(It is not over until I win.)
To: eglman
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posted on
09/14/2012 7:31:03 AM PDT
by
Java4Jay
(The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
To: edcoil
I was thinking technologically
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posted on
09/14/2012 7:32:17 AM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: edcoil
It’s not that big.
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posted on
09/14/2012 7:51:18 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
09/14/2012 9:51:25 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: eglman
capable of hearing a ship leaving port in New York... while sat underwater in the English channel
That seems impossible.
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posted on
09/14/2012 10:04:27 AM PDT
by
Vision
("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
To: edcoil
Our Sturgeon Class built in the 1960’s were 292 ft and 32 width. It’s not that big. It's bigger than a Los Angeles, bit smaller than a Virgina, It's not that little.
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posted on
09/14/2012 11:19:41 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Monarchy is the one system of government where power is exercised for the good of all - Aristotle)
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