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Two Nuclear Subs collide in the mid-Atlantic

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I think it was actually a game of marine military chicken. Both sides were too stubborn to turn away. Crazy europeans, they sail submarines like they drive cars.

 

Takes balls of steel to play Chicken with the deterrent onboard!

 

I won't even bother to debunk the carrier/lighthouse story....

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"I won't even bother to debunk the carrier/lighthouse story.... "

 

I think that's the 439th version I've heard of that one..........

 

:rofl:

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Had several close calls. A Russian Alfa and US Los Angelos class scrapped some paint in the 80's

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She made it home after a month long crossing of the Atlantc. Escorted all the way after preliminary repairs were done in Bahrain (last photo).

 

Shortly after the "incident".

 

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Arriving into port yesterday.

 

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