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submarine stories: 22 news summaries

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Cocaine Sub Nabbed
Off Guatemala

US Navy helps make biggest drug bust in Guatemalan history

Oct 23, 09 3:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Navy and Guatemalan forces have seized a makeshift submarine carrying 10 tons of cocaine. Three Colombians and a Mexican crewman were arrested on board. The haul is the biggest drug bust ever made in Guatemala, which has become a major transit point for drug traffickers seeking to secure... More »

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cocaine • drug trafficking • submarine • Central America • Guatemala • drug traffickers

Navy Will Allow Women
to Serve on Submarines

Female officers will be the first to join sub crews

Oct 6, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Navy is going to start allowing women to serve on submarines, with the first female officers reporting for duty in 2011. The close confinement of subs has kept co-ed crews at bay, but that's going to change, reports the Honolulu Advertiser. “I believe women should have every opportunity... More »

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gender • military • women • Navy • submarine • Navy officer

UN SUMMIT


 Brown Eyes 
 Nuke Bank, 
 Will Cut 
 Sub Fleet  

British PM seeks reductions, but rejects complete nuclear disarmament

Sep 23, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown takes the stage at the United Nations today with an eye toward nuclear disarmament, reports the BBC, and he'll begin by offering to cut Britain's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines from four to three. While the British PM maintains full nuclear disarmament isn't an option, in an op-ed... More »

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Gordon Brown • nuclear weapons • submarine • Britain • UN General Assembly • nuclear disarmament • UN Security Council

(Newser) - First, Vladimir Putin shows off his biceps on vacation and now this: Two nuclear-powered Russian subs have been poking around the East Coast of the US, the New York Times reports. It's not clear what they're up to, but the move is a rare one that smacks of the Cold... More »

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Russia • submarine • Russian military • East Coast • Akula

(Newser) - A French nuclear submarine has joined the search for Air France Flight 447’s black boxes, ABC News reports. The sub boasts high-tech sonar equipment, which could help detect the acoustic signals the flight recorders transmit. The sub will work alongside a French research vessel set to arrive Friday, carrying... More »

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France • submarine • Air France • search and rescue • Air France Flight 447

(Newser) - It's not a lark anymore: Miniature submarines now carry about a third of the cocaine smuggled into the US. With the numbers up, the Washington Post takes a look at how these so-called semi-submersibles have gotten more and more high-tech over the last 2 years. Authorities say sub builders are... More »

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cocaine • Pacific Ocean • Colombia • DEA • drug trafficking • submarine • submersibles • evidence • prosecutions • remote control

Russia to Build 6 New Nuclear Submarines

Russian navy beefing up nuclear capacity with cruise missile-equipped subs

Mar 28, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia is building at least six new nuclear submarines equipped with long-distance cruise missiles, according to state-connected news agency Itar-Tass. One is expected to be on line by 2011, the rest by 2017. A Russian defense ministry source say the missiles, capable of carrying low-capacity nuclear warheads, "would be... More »

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Russia • nuclear weapons • missile • submarine • Russian military

(Newser) - Two US vessels—the USS Hartford nuclear submarine and the amphibious USS New Orleans—collided in the waters between Iran and the Arabian peninsula today, the AP reports. Fifteen sailors were slightly injured aboard the Hartford, but all were able to return to duty. The New Orleans crew was unscathed,... More »

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oil spill • submarine • US Navy • Strait of Hormuz

 US Ship Broke Laws: China 

Impeccable may have been snooping on Chinese nuclear subs

Mar 10, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing said that a US Navy surveillance ship approached by several Chinese vessels this weekend was conducting illegal information-gathering, the Washington Post reports. The US had completely misrepresented the incident in its complaint, a Foreign Ministry rep. said, as the USS Impeccable was in a "Chinese exclusive economic zone"... More »

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China • intelligence • Navy • US military • surveillance • submarine • US Navy • Chinese navy

OPINION

Crash Reminds Us of Dangers of Nuke-Armed Subs

Cold War is over, but dangerous machines still stalk the oceans

Feb 26, 09 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The Cold War is over, and the threats of terrorism and economic collapse have made it easy to forget about the possibility of sudden, total annihilation by nuclear weapons. Until, that is, last week’s collision between French and British nuclear submarines, Clemens Höges writes for Der Spiegel. It's... More »

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nuclear weapons • ocean • nuclear reactor • crash • missile • Cold War • submarine

 Crashed 
 Subs Carried 
 '1200 Hiroshimas' 

Lawmakers demand answers after British, French subs collide under the Atlantic

Feb 17, 09 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - British lawmakers are demanding to know how the flagships of the British and French nuclear submarine fleets—each carrying missiles with enough power for 1,250 Hiroshima bombings—managed to collide earlier this month, the Independent reports. Defense sources say the crash was just incredibly bad luck, but experts are... More »

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France • nuclear weapons • Hiroshima • crash • submarine • British military • Britain • French military

 British, French 
 Nuclear Subs 
 Collide 

Investigators probing possible nuclear contamination

Feb 16, 09 2:48 AM CST
(Newser) - A probe into possible nuclear contamination has been launched after British and French  submarines carrying nuke warheads collided in rough seas in the Atlantic, reports the Telegraph. Both subs were seriously damaged in the collision earlier this month that occurred despite state-of-the-art technology on both vessels dedicated to protect against... More »

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United Kingdom • France • Atlantic Ocean • nuclear weapons • crash • submarine • Britain

 For Sale: Soviet Sub, 
 Very Rusty 

Cold War relic once used in Harrison Ford film is too costly to restore, RI museum says

Dec 25, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The former Soviet submarine used in Harrison Ford’s film K-19: The Widowmaker may be sunk for good. The cruise-missile sub, which served as a floating museum in a Rhode Island river until it foundered in a 2007 storm, will be sold for scrap if no one buys it by... More »

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museums • Cold War • submarine • restoration • Rhode Island • artifacts • relics • Harrison Ford • former Soviet state

(AP) - An accident aboard a nuclear-powered submarine in a training exercise has killed more than 20 people, Russian news agencies are reporting. State-run RIA-Novosti cites navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo as saying a fire-extinguishing system went into operation in error Sunday aboard the submarine during tests in the Pacific Ocean. The... More »

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Russia • accident • submarine • nuclear safety

Drug Smugglers' Subs Could
Open US to Terrorists

Semi-submersibles are difficult to detect

Aug 17, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Semi-submersible boats used to smuggle drugs into the US could provide a path into the country for terrorists or their weapons, the Boston Globe reports. “If drug cartels can ship up to 10 tons of cocaine in a semi-submersible, they can clearly ship or rent space to a terrorist... More »

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drug trafficking • terrorist • boat • submarine • smuggler • drug trade • weapons of mass destruction • submersibles

Japan Warned
of Nuclear Leak from US Sub

But radioactivity level
is nothing to worry about, says Navy

Aug 2, 08 10:10 AM CDT
(AP) - The US Navy has warned Japan that a small amount of radiation may have leaked from an American nuclear submarine during its recent visits to two southern ports. The US said the amount of radioactivity was negligible, but the news could cause a stir in Japan, where both the US... More »

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Japan • nuclear • submarine • radiation • US Navy


 Mexico Seizes
 Homemade Drug
 Submarine 

Crew says it was forced to pilot makeshift vessel

Jul 17, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(AP) - Mexico's navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast yesterday and arrested its four-man crew. The 30-foot makeshift vessel was detected heading north about 200 miles off the southern state of Oaxaca, and intercepted when it surfaced. The crew offered no resistance, and say drug... More »

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Mexico • cocaine • Colombia • drug trafficking • submarine

Nuclear Sub Damage Linked to Tracing Paper

British vessel runs aground because of nautical chart mishap

May 23, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators have found the culprit behind a $10 million nuclear submarine accident: Tracing paper. HMS Trafalgar struck the seabed in 2002 because a piece of tracing paper obscured key details on a nautical chart, the Guardian reports. More »

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United Kingdom • accident • submarine • Britain • submarine training

 Cocaine Moves by Submarine 

New method confounds drug enforcement efforts

May 4, 08 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cocaine traffickers have embraced a startling new method to transport their product into America, the Economist reports: homemade submersibles. The cartels themselves seem to be producing the small craft, which descend to just below the waterline. They sport large cargo space and fuel tanks that allow them to sail far... More »

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drugs • Mexico • cocaine • Colombia • submarine • smuggler • drug cartel

Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

Three German U-boats located in Black Sea

Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black... More »

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Germany • Adolf Hitler • Black Sea • sailor • Nazi • history • World War II • submarine • Romania • U-boats • Hitler's lost fleet • sonar • discovery

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