Two nuclear submarines collided in the Atlantic Ocean sometime around February 3 or 4 of 2009. The crash occurred between Great Britain's HMS Vanguard and France's Le Triomphant. A spokesperson for Britain's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament said the collision could have been a disaster, and called the event "a nuclear nightmare of the highest order."Telegraph: British and French Nuclear Submarine Collision... (February 16, 2009)
Both submarines carried nuclear weapons. Kate Hudson, head of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said the collision was "the most severe incident involving a nuclear submarine since the sinking of the Kursk, and the first time since the Cold War that two nuclear-armed subs are known to have collided." Information on the collision was not made public until February 16, 2009.Telegraph: British and French Nuclear Submarine Collision... (February 16, 2009)
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