The Let's Play Archive

Silent Steel

by Magnetic North

Part 64: Info #43

Nenonen posted:

Magnetic North posted:

Wait, what is this? Hear no Evil, See No Evil? I don't know much about submarines, but I'm pretty sure they can't pass within twenty feet of each other without noticing each other.

Well, actually ---

Guardian on February 2009 posted:

A Royal Navy nuclear submarine and a French vessel have been damaged in a collision deep below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant, which were carrying nuclear missiles on routine patrols, are reported to have collided while submerged on 3 or 4 February. Between them they had about 250 sailors on board.

The Ministry of Defence initially refused to confirm the incident, saying it was not policy to comment on submarine operations. This afternoon the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, issued a statement saying the two vessels hit each other while travelling at very low speeds and no one was injured.

The difference being, though, that both submarines noticed each other because there wasn't twenty feet between them

So anyhoo, if we're this close then don't we risk damaging ourselves with an underwater explosion? Let's go with tactilol option 3