If you're going to cut defence spending ... at least look after what you've got

[Lord Bracknell]

Nuclear Submarine HMS Astute Grounded On Rocks Off Scottish Coast Of Skye | UK News | Sky News

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

HMS Astute ! Classic.

 

[Badger]

I bet that's where the satnav told them to go

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Press Association: Nuclear submarine runs aground


The Press Association report of this incident is BRILLIANT.

"The submarine weighs 7,800 tonnes, equivalent to nearly 1,000 double-decker buses ... "

"A taxi driver with Skye Car Hire said: ... "


There are obviously some big questions that the MOD will need to be answering.

In a country several times the size of Wales, how many swimming pools can be filled by nearly 1,000 double-decker buses?

Would it not be safer (and cheaper) to send nearly 1,000 double-decker buses to war, rather than one nuclear submarine?

 

[severnside gull]

that's one captain just gone to the top of the redundancy list

 

[Tooting Gull]

Does captain of a nuclear sub count as a public sector job?

Send in Ark Royal, I say. Oh.

 

[ROSM]

Does captain of a nuclear sub count as a public sector job?

Send in Ark Royal, I say. Oh.

I suppose it's still the honeymoon period for this government to blame the previous one for this error

 

[fruitnveg]

that's one captain just gone to the top of the redundancy list

Surely the Captain doesn't actually drive (sail? I have no idea) the Sub?

I suppose it's still the honeymoon period for this government to blame the previous one for this error

Yawn

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Speaking to the BBC last month, HMS Astute's commanding officer, Commander Andy Coles, said: "We have a brand new method of controlling the submarine, which is by platform management system, rather than the old conventional way of doing everything of using your hands.

"This is all fly-by-wire technology including only an auto pilot rather than a steering column."

I bet they run Windows and got a BSOD.

 

[Notters]

I reckon they can look after themselves.

 

[User removed 4]

I suppose it's still the honeymoon period for this government to blame the previous one for this error

Labour spent 13 f***ing years doing it.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I believe they have towed it off now

 

[newhaven seagull 85]

prehaps the navigational system was substandard!

 

[simonsimon]

This is the first vessel of a new class of submarine.

Another six to follow apparently.

THE TUGS THAT REFLOATED THE VESSEL ARE DUE TO BE SCRAPPED UNDER THE DEFENCE REVIEW.


BULLINGDON WANKERS.

 

[Stoo82]

Kill all poor people. Its the only way to sort this MESS out.

 

[Norman Potting]

I find this story equal parts hilarious and worrying.

To summarise then, we have a state of the art, multi squilllion pound fighting vessel with "hush, hush" equipment to make it invisible to all enemy surveillance measures unless someone happens to be looking at it when it runs aground in broad daylight.

Oh and while we are at it put in high tech navigational equipment that can't seem to steer it safely through charted home waters near it's base.

Let's hope that the Trident update can fly in the right direction and explode when it gets there.

I'm a taxpayer, waste my money.

 

[NMH]

It was a very low tide

 

[larus]

I suppose it's still the honeymoon period for this government to blame the previous one for this error

God; you're pathetic. How can this be an error of anyone in governemt, especially the coalition. Never mind, just goes to prove you can't be objective.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Locals were swiftly on the scene to assist with the rescue

 

[Deleted User X18H]

God; you're pathetic. How can this be an error of anyone in governemt, especially the coalition. Never mind, just goes to prove you can't be objective.

Oh shut up. Everyone, EVERYONE is entitled to their political opinion. Socialists, Liberals and queer old Tory's.

That is why we live in such a great democracy where we can watch football, dance ,drink (alcohol) and have sex.

3 out of 4 ain't bad.