Nuclear submarines crash
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British and French nuclear submarines have crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. Both the submarines, which were carrying nuclear weapons, were damaged, but the weapons and the nuclear fuel for the submarines' engines was not damaged.
The crash is embarrassing for the British and French navies, who tried to deny the crash, but the submarines are built to be invisible to the enemy and to other ships and submarines.
Politicians are angry about the crash and say that we are lucky that the nuclear weapons and fuel was not damaged. Liberal Democrat politician Nick Harvey said: "The British navy is usually very safe, but the people of Britain, France and the rest of the world need to be sure that this can never happen again."
Have you have finished reading the article? Now try and answer these questions:
1) Did the submarines have nuclear weapons inside?
(a)No, they didn't.
(b)Yes, but only the French one
(c)Yes, both of them
Q2) Why did the submarines crash?
(a)They wanted to destroy each other
(b)It is impossible to see submarines like these
(c)The crew were sleeping
Here are the answers:
1) c - Yes both of them - "Both the submarines, which were carrying nuclear weapons..."
A2) b - It is impossible to see submarines like these - "...the submarines are...invisible to the enemy and to other ships and submarines."
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