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Friday, March 14, 2014

OOPS! UK TORPEDO FIRES ON AREA HOUSING NUCLEAR SUBMARINES

A couple of days ago I wrote an article  saying:

We don't even need a cataclysmic disaster to worry about  - it's bad enough as it is.  The mere presence of those (nuclear) reactors represents a potential disaster.  We are all only one "Oops" away from the killing of millions.  
 
Today's news from Britain:
 

Mistake: Royal Navy fires 9ft torpedo from warship into dockyard which houses NUCLEAR submarines

  • HMS Argyll was taking part in a training drill at Devonport base in Devon
  • The 45kg projectile flew 200 yards through the air and hit a metal container
  • The base is used to refuel and repair Britain's nuclear submarines

Workers watched as the projectile shot out of HMS Argyll and flew 200 yards through the air before blasting a hole in a security fence and slamming into a storage container.
The torpedo was an unarmed version used for training, so it did not explode and merely thudded into the metal container. 
 
Phew! 

Read more - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581082/Royal-Navy-fire-9ft-torpedo-warship-nuclear-dockyard.html

RELATED

WHY DON'T NATURAL DISASTERS DOCUMENTARIES TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THREATS TO NUCLEAR FACILITIES?
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/03/why-dont-natural-disasters.html


NUCLEAR POWER - SHORTCUT FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL EXTINCTION - FUKUSHIMA OUT OF CONTROL
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/03/nuclear-power-shortcut-for-human-and.html

Fukushima and other nuclear news:
  • Nucnews - Nuclear news headlines
  • Fukuleaks - Simply Info
  • Radiation Network map - Monitoring US radiation readings

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