The deadly incident which occured on Friday, April 8th, marked another embarrasing chapter in the history of the Royal Navy's latest nuclear sub, the HMS ASTUTE.
Based on Guardian's news report, the incident involved the sentry on duty and the gun used was an SA80 assault rifle. It was reported that the incident happened in the Control Room (Ops Room).
It is highly believed that the RN will conduct a Board of Inquiry (BOI) to find out the reasons behind the shooting.
RN's submarine force is well known for its high level of standards observed onboard and this incident will surely spark a debate about the actual level of the current submariners corp.
Hopefully the BOI will reccomend new measures which can be shared by the submariners communities worldwide in order to avoid the repeat of this incident.
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