THAT WONKY TRIDENT MISSILE...AND THE COLLIDING SUBS

ReceNtly it emerged that the Government tried to cover up a failed test launch by HMS Vengeance of a trident missile last year. While that weapon was unarmed, the NIS reports that in a 2009 deep-sea collision between British submarine HMS Vanguard, left, and French sub le triomphant – both carrying nuclear warheads – a Royal Navy officer was convinced ‘this is it, we’re all going to die’.