French driver rams british boat? Pissed?

[TG]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7892294.stm

Bloody french! Or could it have been our fault? 

I hope they stopped and swapped documents like good citizens.

"The submarines were both "seriously-armed" 

[Uncle Mort]

"The submarines were both "seriously-armed" 

What an excellent phrase!

[Darwins Selection]

"The submarines were both "seriously-armed" 

What an excellent phrase!

Except it implies that some are not so armed.

I don't like the idea that some of our deterrent force is swanning loaded with damp fireworks and balloons trailing flags with "Boom" written on them. 

[Grumpmeister]

And the 2009 award for stating the bleedin' obvious goes to Nick Harvey. (Maybe it's something in the name) 

Lib Dem defence spokesman Nick Harvey has called for an immediate internal inquiry with some of the conclusions made public.

"While the British nuclear fleet has a good safety record, if there were ever to be a bang it would be a mighty big one," he said.

[Uncle Mort]

Meanwhile, SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson has called for a government statement.
"The Ministry of Defence needs to explain how it is possible for a submarine carrying weapons of mass destruction to collide with another submarine carrying weapons of mass destruction in the middle of the world's second-largest ocean," he said.


He'll be asking for a Risk Assessment next. 

These subs are supposed to remain undetected, looks like it worked a little too well.

[Nick]

Some coincidence though 

The Atlantic is quite big, like.


















Were they lady captains?