These are old acquaintances and not very pleasant visits to this side of the Gibraltar barrier. It’s a “Astute” class nuclear submarine which stopped at the port of the British colony this Saturday morning.
As confirmed ABC Verdemar Ecologist, this is perhaps the “HMS Audacius S122” even if he still does not have all the information. This scale has not been reported in Gibraltar.
This environmental organization once again denounces this arrival and recalls that the ‘Astute’ class submarines are returning.separations in Gibraltar. “Nuclear reactors represent several threatssuch as earthquakes, floods, extreme weather events or the aging and management of the nuclear industry and accidents for which we are not prepared. In addition, a large part of nuclear reactors are beyond the age of their nominal lifespan,” Antonio Muñoz, spokesperson for Verdemar-Ecologistas en Acción, told the newspaper.
As has been explained, everything indicates that They continue to repair these “floating bombs” in Gibraltar since “HMS Tireless” left the waters of Algeciras Bay 20 years ago.
“The military port of Gibraltar is becoming a port where the UK has its submarines repaired. This type of work on nuclear submarines in Gibraltar is becoming more and moreor endangered and at risk to the population of the Strait of Gibraltar. We demand once and for all that Gibraltar be rid of nuclear-powered devices and other ships that are veritable floating bombs. We do not have and do not want a nuclear emergency plan, but rather for them to leave. We warn that we are not going to stop at complaints, we will act with the methods within our reach to scare away this nuclear risk,” he added.
These new generation powered submarines of the Royal Navy generally call at the Gibraltar naval base. The “Astute” class has the greatest length, most advanced technology, and greatest attack capacity. of all submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy by combining high-end sensors, design and weaponry in a highly versatile vessel.
According to certain specialist portals, these submersibles would be the bigger and more advanced of the Royal Navy and contain state-of-the-art design and weapons.
Gibraltar is a supply base for British and American nuclear submarines, which keeps the population of the area on edge in the face of the risk of a nuclear accident. The arrival of “Tireless” in the year 2000 for repairs at the Peñón naval base provoked strong citizen protests and complaints from political representatives on this side of the fence, as well as diplomatic actions on the part of the Spanish government. This British thruster remained in the Rock for a year to undergo repairs to the primary system of the nuclear reactor. Since then, the Gibraltar naval base has received more than a hundred nuclear-powered submarine stops, some with important things breakdowns.
In the Campo de Gibraltar, they have been demanding for years a nuclear emergency plan to act in the event of an accident involving one of these thrusters, which Gibraltar has.
