Britain comes up with unusual way to protect submarines from drones
Photo: Britain has come up with an unusual way to protect submarines (Getty Images)
British military personnel have come up with an unusual way to protect nuclear submarines from aerial drone attacks: fire hoses, according to The Sun.
According to the outlet, sailors are being trained to use fire hoses to protect British nuclear submarines from drone attacks. High-pressure water is reportedly the only "air defense weapon" available on Vanguard-class submarines, which cost more than €4 billion.
The submarines are equipped with Trident 2 ballistic missiles.
"Yet their last line of defence is hoses. You have to use what you’ve got," an informed source told the outlet.
What is known about Vanguard-class submarines
Vanguard is a class of British nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines armed with Trident nuclear missiles. A group of these submarines is based in Scotland. The lead nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine of the class entered service in 1993.
The submarine is equipped with one PWR-2 nuclear reactor that powers two GEC turbines with a combined output of 27,500 horsepower. The missile launch system consists of 16 independent launch tubes. The Vanguard missile system can launch either a single missile or a salvo of four missiles from a depth of 30–40 meters, at intervals of approximately 20 seconds.
Earlier, it was reported that British defense companies would become the first international partners to join Ukraine’s Avengers Labs platform. It is designed to train AI models for unmanned systems using real battlefield data.
The Ministry of Defense’s AI Center is developing the SPECTR platform to analyze combat data and predict enemy actions. The new system is expected to take over some of the routine work of military headquarters and help select the most effective courses of action.
