Search This Blog

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Our submarines will 'live up to the challenge,' navy says

HMCS Corner BrookThe Royal Canadian Navy has defended its battered submarine program, saying leaked photos of the gaping hole in the bow of HMCS Corner Brook after its grounding make the damage look worse than it is.

Capt. Luc Cassivi, deputy commander of Canadian Fleet Pacific, headed the board of inquiry that investigated what caused the submarine to strike the rocky ocean bottom in Nootka Sound on June 4. He said the review did not focus on the level of damage.

"From what we can see, there is some damage to the sonar rays that are in the bow and there is some leakage of water to the No. 1 main ballast tank, which is external to the pressure hull," he said.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.