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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Navy sub's radiation leak scare

HMS tireless |Britain's nuclear fleet has ­suffered a setback after a sub­marine was docked for ­emergency repairs following a ­radiation leak.

HMS Tireless could be in dry dock for up to 10 months.

This has reduced our hunter-killer fleet to five subs instead of the recommended seven plus a spare needed to carry out vital duties, including protecting the UK’s Trident missile-carrying Vanguard submarines.

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