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Green Marine

May 8, 2007 · about 19 years ago

Alien submarine breaks technical barriers

“It’s a mean looking beast. I think it looks like the alien,” remarks Chris Nelson of BAE Systems, as we walk round the front of the Royal Navy’s new Astute submarine in Barrow. Looming above us is a construction shed 12 stories high. Within it are three nuclear-powered submarines at different stage

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“It’s a mean looking beast. I think it looks like the alien,” remarks Chris Nelson of BAE Systems, as we walk round the front of the Royal Navy’s new Astute submarine in Barrow.

Looming above us is a construction shed 12 stories high. Within it are three nuclear-powered submarines at different stages of construction.

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