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"A Royal Navy officer has been sent home from the US after reporting to take charge of a submarine's Trident nuclear missiles while unfit for duty.

Lt Cdr Len Louw is under investigation at Faslane naval base in Scotland amid reports he had been drinking.

Colleagues raised concerns when the weapons engineering officer arrived for work on HMS Vigilant last month.

The Scottish Sun reported claims the submariner was "staggering drunk" when he came on board the £3bn vessel.

HMS Vigilant - one of Britain's four Vanguard-class submarines which carry up to eight Trident missiles armed with nuclear warheads - was docked at a US naval base at the time.

The BBC understands the officer had been drinking the night before and was carrying a bag of leftover chicken from a barbecue for his lunch."
(BBC)

I have worked with former submariners, and they tell a similar story. During the Cold War, inspections were conducted on Christmas Day whilst in port, (and similar holidays), only to find the skeleton crew absolutely 5hlt-faced to the point of unconsciousness.

Trial by media is not the way to go.

I disengage, I turn the page.

Don't think so.

MOD Press Office Release.

'You may have seen some reporting this morning on an incident on a submarine. While we don’t comment on the detail, there are numerous safety checks and processes to protect the safety and use of weapons aboard all submarines'.

9:09 AM · Oct 19, 2020

He must be old school, all the new shiny boring f@ckers don't drink.

Red and Blue Army!