The press dispatches bring the news; it belongs to the Astute Class, the first of its kind to be constructed in Great Britain in more than two decades.
“A nuclear reactor will allow it to navigate without refueling during its 25 years of service. Since it makes its own oxygen and drinking water, it can circumnavigate the globe without needing to surface,” was the statement to the BBC by Nigel Ward, head of the shipyards.
“It’s a mean-looking beast”, says another.
“Looming above us is a construction shed 12 stories high. Within it are 3 nuclear-powered submarines at different stages of construction,” assures yet another.
Someone says that “it can observe the movements of cruisers in New York Harbor right from the English Channel, drawing close to the coast without being detected and listen to conversations on cell phones”. “In addition, it can transport special troops in mini-subs that, at the same time, will be able to fire lethal Tomahawk missiles for distances of 1,400 miles", a fourth person declares.
El Mercurio, the Chilean newspaper, emphatically spreads the news.
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/mayo/mar22/the-english-submarine.html
Translated by ESTI
REFLECTIONS OF PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO
The English Submarine
REFLEXIONES DE FIDEL
El submarino inglés
http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2007/mayo/mar22/el-submarino-ingles.html
“A nuclear reactor will allow it to navigate without refueling during its 25 years of service. Since it makes its own oxygen and drinking water, it can circumnavigate the globe without needing to surface,” was the statement to the BBC by Nigel Ward, head of the shipyards.
“It’s a mean-looking beast”, says another.
“Looming above us is a construction shed 12 stories high. Within it are 3 nuclear-powered submarines at different stages of construction,” assures yet another.
Someone says that “it can observe the movements of cruisers in New York Harbor right from the English Channel, drawing close to the coast without being detected and listen to conversations on cell phones”. “In addition, it can transport special troops in mini-subs that, at the same time, will be able to fire lethal Tomahawk missiles for distances of 1,400 miles", a fourth person declares.
El Mercurio, the Chilean newspaper, emphatically spreads the news.
MORE
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/mayo/mar22/the-english-submarine.html
Translated by ESTI
REFLECTIONS OF PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO
The English Submarine
REFLEXIONES DE FIDEL
El submarino inglés
http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2007/mayo/mar22/el-submarino-ingles.html