Re:Trident whistleblower: nuclear 'disaster waiting to happe...
by Shivetya on Monday January 23, 2017 @06:19AM
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I am impressed how quickly they tried to spin it by claiming a successful test of the submarine and the crew. considering that the UK has four of these subs of which only one is on deployment it does beg the question, what is the point of such a fleet half or more is not in usable condition?
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Re:Trident whistleblower: nuclear 'disaster waiting to happe...
by evgen on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:13AM
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Because you need to be able to have one boat in repair/refurbishment, one en route to deployment or returning from, and another being replenished and preparing for its next deployment. Four is a minimum to get by and as you increase the number of boats you still only get an on-station percentage less than 50%.