Sentences with phrase «nuclear submarine»

A "nuclear submarine" is a type of ship that runs on nuclear power. It uses a nuclear reactor to generate heat, which is then converted into electricity to power the engines and the various systems on the submarine. This allows the submarine to stay submerged for a long time without needing to come to the surface for fuel or air, making it very stealthy and powerful. Full definition
The Ministry of Defence could scale back Britain's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines as it seeks to make savings after what will be «the absolute mother of horrors of a spending review», Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said.
Western countries have paid millions to help Russia dismantle its aging fleet of nuclear submarines in the area and safely store the nuclear material aboard them, but Mr. Kalenchenko said far less attention had been paid to the environmental risks of expanding oil shipments in the same area, most in single - hull tankers.
Choung came to the United States to train as a nuclear engineer and had worked on nuclear submarines in Newport News, Va., until the American Navy stopped building them.
Well, other than sailors on nuclear submarines, probably nobody, other than Professor Wadhams, who over the past 40 years, traversed Arctic ice, submarined beneath the frozen Arctic (numerous times), studies ice, dreams ice, researches ice, fondles ice, and writes about ice.
Jurutka is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and former nuclear submarine officer with more than two decades of experience in data analytics, operations, and business development.
is the most frequently used statement by all anti AGW theorists, the answer is again most clearly seen in the wide open Arctic ocean, no longer a hiding place for Nuclear submarines, Where Polar Stern, a German ship, ventured where no ship has sailed freely without ice before, amazingly close to the North Pole last year.
The goal is to get into the harbor unnoticed and plant a series of charges on a Russian nuclear submarine in order to get it up to the surface and take it over.
Northern Norway is the most densely populated area but Russia, which accounts for half of the Arctic coastline and has a fleet of nuclear submarines based at Murmansk, is the country keenest to extend its influence.
Fallon will also announce in the speech that a future Conservative government would replace the current Vanguard nuclear submarine fleet with four new vessels to guarantee Britain's «continuous at - sea deterrence» (CASD).
«It had been 30 years since anyone had seen an American nuclear submarine propeller.»
The prime minister will announce to the UN security council tomorrow that Britain will cut the number of planned Trident nuclear submarines from four to three.
In this madcap slide projection, Starling cruises Scotland's picturesque Loch Long, which is also plied by nuclear submarines, in a steam - powered boat fueled by its own wood.
That's the message from U.S. nuclear submarine commander Captain David Marquet, for one, who notes that the best leaders lead least, giving power back to their subordinates as much as possible and only stepping in to set priorities, guide decision - making, and take on the toughest calls.
Former U.S. nuclear submarine commander Captain David Marquet has a fabulous short talk in which he urges those who really want to bring the best out of their teams to quit following unhelpful stereotypes of «leadership» and do everything possible to empower their people instead.
There was no mistaking the distinctive profile of the Yankee - class Soviet nuclear submarine....
For more than 150 years, Columbia Engineering has been transcending disciplines, educating leaders and transforming lives with inventions such as early steamboat technology, FM radio, and the Pupin coil, and have led groundbreaking projects, including New York's first subway and the world's first nuclear submarine.
Dave Prentis will speak at Unison's political conference in Manchester where he is expected to reject the government's nuclear submarines as «criminal waste».
LONDON — Nine Royal Navy sailors have been kicked off a British nuclear submarine after testing positive for cocaine, the Daily Mail reports.
The best submarine commander in the Soviet Union (Connery, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) now leads the maiden voyage of the Red October, a spiffy new nuclear submarine capable of going undetected by sonar, to the United States.
But the appeal for Paul is real, and much of it has to do with our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (and North Korea, let alone with bases in Germany, Japan and globally underwater with nuclear submarines).
I spent 15 years as a Cold Warrior, slinking around in much greater comfort on US nuclear submarines and then another 15 training submariners, maintaining the ships and planning their operations.
Keith Tyson (b. 1969, Ulverston, Cumbria, England) began working as an apprentice engineer making nuclear submarines after leaving high school at age 15.
Britain's successor nuclear submarines will only have eight missiles onboard, but last week the Ministry of Defence announced that it is to build submarines which have the capacity for 12 tubes.
Although Labour's official position is to support the renewal of the controversial Trident nuclear submarine programme, Corbyn's personal opposition will not be that popular in a constituency where the nuclear industry is a major employer.
Asked for his view on renewing the Trident nuclear submarine system, Smith said even though he was once a member of CND, he was now a multilateralist and would vote in favour.
A British and French nuclear submarine hit each other in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, it has been reported.
Alexandr Nikitin, a Russian engineer, was charged in 1996 with high treason and divulging state secrets for co-authoring a report for the Norwegian - based Bellona Foundation that documented the environmental dangers posed by the abandoned nuclear submarines of the Russian Northern Fleet in the Kola Peninsula.
1997 Goldman Prize winner Alexander Nikitin was awarded the Prize for revealing the potential for a nuclear catastrophe due to Russia's aging nuclear submarines based near the Norwegian border.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond says nuclear submarines would be from Faslane Naval Base as safely as possible.
In a highly public — and embarrassing — incident, a blogger in July 2007 noticed a photo showing a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine in Bangor, Washington, posted on Microsoft - owned Virtual Earth, a Google Earth rival.
Okay, this just sounds way too crazy for me to not want to see it come to fruition: per The Hollywood Reporter, the show centers on the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who, after ignoring an order to fire nuclear missiles, wind up being hunted and escape to a NATO outpost where they declare themselves to be the world's smallest nuclear nation.
BUT, in this day and age you can find out where your cell phone is, it is not possible to not know your own nuclear submarine was destroyed!
Great story, feel that Russian Nuclear Submarine Sailors and Crewmen (KGB).
Designed to chase down and destroy double - hulled nuclear submarines, the MK 50 was created to get past torpedo countermeasures and kill the enemy, even in shallow water.
While Russia has a number of nuclear submarines still in active service, like the Oscar, Delta III, and the famous Typhoon class - submarines, the Borei II - class submarines are expected to be the backbone of Russia's SSBN fleet.
The Soviets have recently put more nuclear submarines on our doorstep in response to our installing the Pershing II in Western Europe.
The amount invested in research on mental illness and health in a recent year was about the same as the cost of the Triton nuclear submarine.
The UK could be forced to build larger nuclear submarines than planned, pushing the Trident bill up further.
A former chair of the Blairite group Progress, he is one of Corbyn's fiercest critics and represents a seat housing BAE's Trident nuclear submarine operations, which Corbyn is opposed to renewing.
British nuclear submarines leaking radioactive material has become «a recurring theme» according to a confidential report.
Therefore, the US can nuke an SLBM launch platform (i.e., an enemy nuclear submarine carrying missiles) without it being a weapon of mass destruction because it's used against a military target.
On Wednesday, a Labour aide said the party no longer had a policy in favour of renewing Trident nuclear submarines because it is under review.
In an exclusive article for PoliticsHome, the Labour peer said the Shadow Defence Secretary «belittles our party» by claiming that underwater drones could make the UK's nuclear submarines obsolete.
Reed's Copeland seat includes the Sellafield nuclear site and many of his constituents have jobs connected to the nearby Barrow - in - Furness nuclear submarine yard.
Crispin Blunt, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said he would be opposing the Commons motion supporting four new nuclear submarines when MPs vote this evening.
Now that the date for the debate on Trident renewal has been set, it falls upon Government to inform Parliament what arrangements it has put in place for the new delivery body which is to oversee the acquisition and in - service support of the replacement nuclear submarines, as well as, its revised procurement strategy.
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