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It is "a truly remarkable vessel whose importance cannot be overestimated"The British Navy has built an amazing super submarine christened the HMS Astute. According to a report in The Independent UK, the sub is the largest of its kind ever made, more complex than the space shuttle and able to circumnavigate the globe without surfacing.The specifications for it, says the report, make for mind- boggling reading: "Her nuclear-powered engine will propel her through the water at more than 20 knots, yet the UK's first stealth sub makes less noise than a baby dolphin; Astute's sonar is so advanced that if she was lying in the English Channel she would be able to detect ships leaving New York harbor 3,000 nautical miles away; the nuclear reactor will never need refueling, and with an ability to make oxygen and drinking water out of sea water, the sub could stay underwater for its entire 25-year lifespan were it not for the needs of the crew." The sub will not carry nuclear weapons. The Navy's submarine chief Captain Mike Davis-Marks said: "The Astute class of submarines will quite simply be unbeatable worldwide for many years to come."Defense procurement minister Lord Drayson called Astute "a truly remarkable vessel" whose importance "cannot be over-estimated."
To read more go to:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23399926-details/Britain+launches+nuclear+sub+that+can+hear+a+ship+from+across+the+Atlantic/article.do
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