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Stuxnet sinks Royal Navy's HMS Astute flagship sub
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Friday, 22 October 2010

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The Royal Navy is absolutely livid after their flagship foundered on the rocks

Isle of Skye - (Pie-in-the-Sky Mess): Fears that the Stuxnet virus may have sunk the latest and most sophisticated British nuclear submarine have shaken the MoD.

The billion pound attack stealth vessel was last seen listing badly off Scottish territorial waters during gruelling sea trials.

Armed with 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpaedoes (sic) and Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise missiles it is a deadly war machine capable of levelling the Kremlin from 3,000 miles.

Admiralty sources said today the sub's special capabilities included the monitoring of mobile phones, emails and other telecoms traffic linked to the UK's war against terra.

TV news sources commented today that the vessel was 'grounded on rocks' - in a possible reference to the minors' boulders that Chilean President Sebastián Piñera gave to the Queen on Monday.

Reports that it had been lying quietly off the Isles of Sky waters waiting to pick up a consignment of royal crack cocaine for the Queen were quickly dismissed.

Last summer the Queen's $400,000 austerity sea cruise saw the entire sordid faux monarchy tribe sail around Scotland in a bid to set up the rendezvous for their illicit Colombian contraband.

Captain Marko Ramius is in detention.

 

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Bid to free grounded nuclear sub

(UKPA) – 29 minutes ago

Efforts are under way to free a nuclear-powered submarine which ran aground in shallow waters.

HMS Astute was on sea trials when the rudder of the vessel is thought to have become stuck on a shingle bank between the mainland and the Isle of Skye on the west coast of Scotland at around 8am on Friday.

There were no reports of any injuries and the Ministry of Defence insisted it was not a "nuclear incident".

The coastguard was at the scene and an earlier attempt to tow the submarine failed, according to eye witnesses. Royal Navy vessels and a tug will help free the submarine at high tide later on Friday.

It is believed a crew transfer from the shore to the submarine was being carried out when the incident happened. The rudder will be inspected once the vessel is freed.

A spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "We have sent a coastguard tug to where the submarine ran aground at the Kyle of Lochalsh near the Skye bridge.

"It will stand by and monitor what will be going on. We think on the rising tide, at around 6pm, there should be some movement of the vessel."

Eyewitness Rachel Browett, who runs the Bright Water Visitor Centre on Skye, said: "It's not too far from the shore and clearly visible from the bridge. I could see steam or smoke coming from the top and about half the sub was visible. A few boats were around about it in the water and a helicopter went overhead at one point, though I don't know if it was involved."

Ms Browett, of Kyleakin, said the tide was still on the way out, adding: "It's a concern. Anything with the word nuclear in it is obviously a worry, but I don't know enough about it to say more."

In June 2007 the mammoth £3.5 billion nuclear-powered HMS Astute was named and launched by the Duchess of Cornwall. In August this year, HMS Astute was welcomed into the Royal Navy during a commissioning ceremony at Faslane Naval Base on the Clyde. The submarine weighs 7,800 tonnes, equivalent to nearly 1,000 double-decker buses, and is almost 100 metres (328ft) long.

 

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HMS Astute: world's most advanced nuclear submarine runs aground
The world’s most advanced nuclear submarine, HMS Astute, has run aground on rocks off Scotland causing considerable embarrassment for Navy chiefs.


By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent
Published: 11:02AM BST 22 Oct 2010
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The grounding of the £1.2 billion Astute hunter-killer comes at the end of a dire week for the Royal Navy which has seen its carrier force halved, Harrier jump jets axed and warship force reduced by almost a quarter.

It is understood that the boat, which is first in its class, ran aground by its stern in a manoeuvre that “went slightly wrong” after it had dropped some sailors ashore in tidal waters off the Isle of Skye.

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As the tide rapidly ebbed it is thought the skipper of Astute, Commander Andy Coles, decided not to power it off the obstruction as it would risk damaging the hull that carries some of the most advanced acoustic tiles that make Astute virtually undetectable beneath the seas.

Navy insiders insisted that there was no likelihood of a nuclear reactor leak or any other environmental issue.

No one was injured in the incident that happened earlier today. It came the morning after Trafalgar Day, where sailors celebrated the 205th anniversary of Nelson's victory.

“Astute ran aground by her very stern earlier this morning as she was transferring people ashore,” a Navy spokesman said. “There’s no nuclear issue or no environmental issue that we are aware of and no one has been hurt.”

The submarine, which carries a crew of 98, will now wait until later today for tug boats to pull her off when the tide comes in.

Astute, which was handed over to the Navy by its builders BAE Systems in late August, will then continue her sea trials.

It is not known whether the boat, which can carry up to 38 Tomahawk cruise missiles and Spearfish torpedoes, was carrying any weapons.

At 7,200 tonnes the Astute is the biggest British nuclear attack submarine ever built, although it is half the size of the Trident nuclear submarines at 16,000 tonnes. The boat’s nuclear reactor will never need refueling during its 35 year life.

Amid the gloom of Navy cuts, which will see the Senior Service reduced by 5,000 sailors to 30,000, there was some celebration following publication of the defence review on Tuesday after it was announced the seventh and final Astute-class submarine would be ordered.

However the incident comes on the back of a number of submarine accidents in the last few years.

 

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Royal Navy attempts to free grounded nuclear submarine

No reports of injuries or environmental damage as HMS Astute runs aground off Isle of Skye

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HMS Astute runs aground HMS Astute runs aground off the coast of the Isle of Skye. Photograph: Kyle Taxi Company/PA

Efforts to free the Royal Navy's new £1.2bn nuclear submarine were under way today after it ran aground in shallow waters off the Isle of Skye.

Though no one was hurt, some local people said they were deeply concerned about the incident. The Royal Navy said it would fully investigate how the 100-metre long vessel became stuck on a shingle bank between the mainland and Skye.

The coastguard was at the scene and an earlier attempt to tow the submarine failed, according to witnesses. Royal Navy vessels and a tug will try to free the submarine at high tide later today.

A spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it was monitoring the situation closely. "We have sent a coastguard tug to where the submarine ran aground at the Kyle of Lochalsh near the Skye bridge," he said.

"It will stand by and monitor what will be going on. We think on the rising tide, at around 6pm, there should be some movement of the vessel."

The Ministry of Defence said this morning that the accident was not nuclear and that there was "no indication of any environmental impact".

HMS Astute has not yet entered service and is believed to have been undergoing sea trials when the incident happened.

The accident is embarrassing for the navy because the Astute has been billed as the stealthiest of submarines. One of its jobs when it comes into service next year will be to drop special forces discreetly ashore.

A navy spokesman said: "The incident occurred during a boat transfer from the submarine in confined water. The rudder went aground and it was held by the rudder on the rocks."

John Laing, the councillor for the area, said there was concern about the incident locally.

"The people of Kyle and Broadford are well used to seeing both nuclear and conventional subs going up and down because of the torpedo testing range, so the sight of subs is not unusual. But of course we are deeply concerned that HMS Astute has gone aground and we just hope there is no danger. I would like to know what the circumstances were that caused it to come aground."

Laing said the incident highlighted the need for two sea-going tugs, operated by the MCA in Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, and on Shetland, to be kept in service. The vessels had been due to be withdrawn because of cuts, he said.

"The alarming thing is that these tugs are being withdrawn as a savings measure. This is exactly the kind of crisis that the tugs are out in place to help to respond to and there is huge concern about the removal of the tugs and I will be trying to co-ordinate a response to that," he said.

One witness, Rachel Browett, who runs the Bright Water Visitor Centre in Skye, said: "It's a concern. Anything with the word nuclear in it is obviously a worry, but I don't know enough about it to say more."

But Kyleakin community councillor Mike Taylor said most residents had been unruffled by the incident.

"The local population are not worrying about any nuclear problems," he said "We have lived with nuclear subs up here for 30 to 40 years."

He said he had driven past the stricken vessel at lunchtime. "There is a deep water channel there but it has obviously strayed from that," he said. "It's not helped by the fact that we have very low tides up here at the moment. If they don't manage to get it off at high tide, I don't know what they'll do."

The MCA said it was alerted to the incident at about 8.19 this morning.

The navy describes the Astute as "the largest, most advanced and most formidable vessel of its kind ever operated by the Royal Navy".

The submarine weighs 7,800 tonnes and is almost 100 metres (328ft) long.

It incorporates the latest stealth technology and boasts "a world-beating" sonar system with a range of 3,000 nautical miles, plus Spearfish torpedoes and state-of-the-art Tomahawk land attack missiles, according to the Royal Navy website.

Despite being far bigger than the Swiftsure and Trafalgar classes it is due to replace in 2011, the Astute requires fewer crew because of its advanced technology and automated systems.

Aside from attack capabilities, the submarine is able to sit in waters off the coast undetected, listening to mobile phone conversations or delivering the UK's special forces where needed.

The 39,000 acoustic panels that cover its surface mask its sonar signature, meaning it can sneak up on enemy warships and submarines, or lurk unseen and unheard at depth.

The submarine's nuclear reactor means that it will not need refuelling once in its entire 25-year life and it makes its own air and water, enabling it to circumnavigate the globe without needing to surface.

Built by BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, it is the first in a fleet of six.

Scottish CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) expressed concern at the incident.

John Ainslie, the group's co-ordinator, said: "This is just the latest in a long line of incidents involving nuclear submarines off the west coast of Scotland. These vessels are regular visitors to the seas around Skye.

"The navy has several submarine trials areas near Raasay and Applecross.

"Inquiries into previous incidents have shown an appalling lack of common sense and basic navigation skills on these hi-tech submarines."

The accident happened almost exactly 50 years after the UK's first nuclear submarine was launched. HMS Dreadnought was launched on 21 October 1960 by the Queen.

 

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Do not know why Brits even spend this type of $$.