British Sub Problem

Now this must have been several variations on sucking.

The men died in the accident aboard the nuclear submarine HMS Tireless during a joint Anglo-American operation beneath the Arctic icecap.

The US military said on Wednesday that an emergency oxygen device was responsible for an explosion that killed the two submarine crew members on a training exercise.

The Trafalgar class submarine was forced to surface through the polar ice after the explosion damaged a forward compartment.

A piece of air-purification equipment, known as a self-contained oxygen generation candle, was the source of the blast, the US authorities said.

A third sailor was airlifted to a hospital at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, by the Alaska Air National Guard. He is expected to make a full recovery.

The nuclear reactor of HMS Tireless was unaffected and the ship itself was not in danger, the Ministry of Defence said. It does not carry nuclear missiles.

I'm glad I wasn't on that boat when that happened. Bet that made life really suck for a time.

I also love how they always have to give details of the reactor not being affected. If an explosion occurs on a diesel boat, no one is informed on the extent of damage to the fuel tanks or the engine itself. Nice to know that people still are panicky over nuke subs.