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  • Slight Problem with New Submarine - It Leaks

    03/10/2002 2:51:10 AM PST · by petuniasevan · 19 replies · 335+ views
    Slight Problem with New Submarine - It LeaksFri Mar 8, 7:21 AM ETOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's decision to buy four cut-price submarines from Britain looked a little soggy after one of the vessels sprang two leaks on its very first training exercise. Commander Bill Woodburn, in charge of Canada's submarines, insisted on Thursday that HMCS Windsor had been in no danger during Monday's exercise. But the problem was a further embarrassment for a purchase that is becoming a public relations nightmare. The Windsor is one of four mothballed diesel-powered submarines that Canada bought from Britain in 1998 for C$750 million...