Contributed by: filbert Monday, February 16 2009 @ 02:14 PM CST
British, French nuclear subs collide in Atlantic[*1]
Confirming media reports of the incident involving Britain’s HMS Vanguard and France’s Le Triomphant, Britain’s First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band said the submarines “were conducting routine … patrols in the Atlantic Ocean.
“The submarines came into contact at very low speed… No injuries occurred,” he said in a brief statement to reporters.