One day in February last year, HMS Vanguard was calmly patrolling beneath the waters of the mid-Atlantic. Suddenly, to the alarm of its crew, the submarine – one of the quartet that forms part of Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent – hit a very large object with a bang. At first the Vanguard’s commander was unsure what had happened. But soon all was revealed: a French nuclear submarine, Le Triomphant, had been undertaking exactly the same role in precisely the same part of the Atlantic.
Neither commander saw the other coming. Both boats – damaged, bruised, their crews much embarrassed – hurriedly returned to port.
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