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Thursday, June 02, 2011

Ambush torpedo tests a success

Astute class submarineAmbush, the second-in-class nuclear sub being built at the shipyard, will have the ability to fire weapons with pinpoint accuracy from more than 1,000km away.

In order to test the weapons stowage compartment, a series of trials was carried out in the docks during which dummy Tomahawk cruise missiles and Spearfish torpedoes were fired from the 7,400 tonne sub.

Ambush was launched in January and over the following nine months will undergo tests leading up to the switch-on of its Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor in the autumn.

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