news bulletin – answers

Nuclear submarines collide

true/false

1. The collision happened on the 3rd of February. F: 3rd or 4th
2. The submarines were moving quickly. F: at low speed
3. They were in a joint Anglo-French training exercise. F: they were on separate exercises
4. 240 sailors were involved in the collision. T: both French and English
5. People might be alarmed at the incident. T: the British Navy calmed fears
6. There was potential for a catastrophe. T
7. It is unlikely that such a collision would have caused the defence systems to explode. F: this can happen
8. The submarines did not have equipment to detect other subs. F: they had sonar equipment designed to detect other vessels in the area
9. This equipment can make submarines invisible. T: as a defence mechanism, this is possibly what happened
10. The last serious nuclear submarine incident was in 2000. T: a Russian submarine