U.S. nuclear submarine collide unidentified ship in the Gulf
U.S. nuclear submarine collide unidentified ship in the Gulf
Posted 11/01/2013 01:39 PM
Babinaoz – Agencies: shocked telescope nuclear submarine States attack after crossing the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, ship unidentified, without causing significant damage or injuries, as reported by the U.S. Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, said in a statement. statement said that the submarine “Jacksonville”, the kind of Los Angeles, “I was shocked ship during an operation in the Gulf” in the fifth on Thursday evening local time, the second GMT. Earlier, an official in the U.S. Navy – declined to give his name – that the submarine may have collided with a fishing vessel. The statement added that the submarine surfaced after the incident, to check if the vessel, which is not recognized it, damaged, but the vessel continued its progress in the same destination and the same speed without releasing a distress call. and damaged a specular submarine, did not affect the accident in its nuclear reactor and engine Payment. said Fifth Fleet that reconnaissance aircraft (B-3) explored the region, did not find the wreckage or any vessel in need of assistance. fear that any maritime accident with a piece U.S. Navy to the crisis, due to the tension between Iran and the United States in the region. In August / August, collided U.S. destroyer equipped with guided missiles and an oil tanker in the Arabian Gulf. Iran has threatened to block the conduct of oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz in response to international sanctions imposed in order to discourage them from continuing to enrich uranium.
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