2 Shot, Officer Killed On HMS Astute

[Stofsk]

Well, the guy visiting the sub who wrestled the gunman was a civilian, and the article says that a group of school children also visited the sub.

Pfft, the school kids were GCHQ agents. :p

They recruit children? Wow. That's awesome.

[Danny Bhoy]

Because people love assuming that Nuclear Submarine = Boomer Sub.

Does the Andrew no use the term "Bomber" any more for their SSBNs?

I wonder if the guy who went postal did so because he got his P45 as a result of all those MOD cuts.

[Zinegata]

Because people love assuming that Nuclear Submarine = Boomer Sub.

Or they're worried that people would think this is like the plot of Crimson Tide and there was a risk - no matter how small - of some nutjob with a gun taking over a submarine armed with nuclear weapons.