In 1943, HMS Umbra claimed to have scored a unique victory by torpedoing a plane. When Umbra hit an enemy ship in the Mediterranean with a torpedo, a column of fire shot 1,000 feet in the air in front of three low-flying escort planes. Only two planes emerged.

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The UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) wants a “remote” location to store at least 27 nuclear reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) from nuclear submarines, pending a permanent repository. From 2012, and still trying to find a resolution.

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On this day in 1982, USS Houston (SSN-713) on sea trials stalking the last conventionally powered US Navy aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), as she heads out on deployment.

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