I'd be sunk without my Daw...

ORIGINAL: jacktheexcynic

that is actually kind of strange. of course when you've got two nuc boats trying to avoid detection successfully, it makes sense that neither heard the other

this was my favorite part:

Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Nick Harvey said: ... "Now that this incident is public knowledge, the people of Britain, France and the rest of the world need to be reassured this can never happen again and that lessons are being learned."

the article goes on to say that the french, in a good faith effort to prevent another such regrettable incident, will be rigging their ultra-silent nuclear first-strike and hunter-killer submarines with state-of-the-art loudspeakers playing the audio track of the most recent "le miserables" released on DVD, so that other ultra-silent nuclear submarines in the area can stay clear of their patrols. a french admiral was quoted as saying, "we expect that most of our patrols will be complete without the need to play the deleted scenes or director commentary."

he did not address the potential fallout of ruining the plot for any american submariners in the vicinity...

ORIGINAL: Jonbouy

he did not address the potential fallout of ruining the plot for any american submariners in the vicinity...

Well of course not. He knows full well in the case of another World War it would be at least two years before any American submarine is likely to turn up...