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A curious incident on the Royal Navy submarine Vigilant, which was protecting Britain from a nuclear attack. Lt. Captain Len Lowe, in charge of the court’s armament, appeared in the service “dead drunk,” writes The Sun.
Lowe alarmed the crew when he attempted to take command of more than 16 Trident nuclear missiles, “capable of killing 60 million people.” According to the post, the officer was very drunk and was holding a package of fried chicken.
“He was not in charge of nuclear weapons,” a source told The Sun.
The shift worker realized that something was wrong. He had no choice but to warn his superiors.
At the time of the incident, the submarine was located at the Kings Bay Naval Base in Camden County, Georgia. The crew was preparing to unload the missiles, each weighing 60 tons, when Commander Lowe appeared on the ship. His main functions as responsible for the engineering and technical support of the weapons was to take care of the missiles. Each has 3 nuclear warheads, “comparable in power to 30 of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima.” “I am shocked by this story,” admitted a former diver in an interview with the publication. “He has completely neglected his duties. It is not difficult to imagine the worst case scenario,” Focus added.
After the accident, Lowe, 40, was sent back in disgrace to Scotland, where the ship is usually located. An investigation was launched against the officer.
This is not the first scandal to erupt around this submarine, dubbed Her Majesty’s ship “Sex and Cocaine.” The former captain and first deputy were fired for sleeping with young officers. In addition, nine crew members were fired after using drugs. The series of problems that accompanied the 3 billion pound ship does not end there.
Last week, it emerged that a quarter of the Vigilance crew had been tested for coronavirus after sailors violated the quarantine and organized a binge in a coastal city.
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