U.S. military to fire nuclear submarine “pay nearly $ 500 million (Figure)
Date:2012-08-23Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
U.S. nuclear submarine” Miami “May 23 fire, killing at least seven people were injured in a dock in Maine. Data Figure: U.S. Navy said the submarine’s nuclear reactors were not fire threat. Pictured taken on March 15, 2012, “Miami” nuclear submarine.
Zhongxin She WASHINGTON, August 22 (Reporter Tokunaga Kin) arson ignited the U.S. military staff in a “lovesick” “Miami” nuclear submarine, the Pentagon announced it had to do this The number of “pay” – the highest nearly 500 million U.S. dollars, plus a 3-year overhaul.
U.S. Navy the day announced in a statement, after three months of investigation, the military recognized the need for a cost of $ 450 million to 495 million U.S. dollars to the nuclear submarine “Miami” re-launching service, this amount is then half the cost of the submarine, also higher than the military’s previous estimate of about $ 50 million.
The statement also refers to the entire maintenance work is expected to end 2015. “Miami” nuclear submarine since been on active duty for 22 years, a further 10 years of service, and plans to perform at least five combat missions.
from the U.S. beleaguered serious accident on May 23 this year. Nuclear submarine moored at a military shipyard in Maine, prepared to accept the 20-month maintenance, 23 submarine suddenly caught fire, the torpedo compartment, causes damage to the crew cabin and the command and control center, 12 hours before firefighters fought to extinguish the fire, Luckily, nuclear propulsion, including submarine aft escaped.
after military investigators found a 24-year-old male staff responsible and Department of shipyard. Failed to pass the polygraph, the man confessed to the time of the incident itself facing emotional problems, has been anxious to leave work early, for which he is secretly a bag of rags and a vacuum cleaner with a lighter point forward, arising from this resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars, resulting in a seven firefighters injured in the fierce blaze.
the man also make him mad because the ex-girlfriend of SMS, in mid-June, he once again arson, lit a boat rack inside the shipyard, but this time the fire is small, and almost no losses . This man is currently facing two arson charges, are waiting for the hearing of the Federal Court in Maine.
“Miami” nuclear submarine entered service in 1990, was originally planned in 2020 retired, but the statement of the U.S. Navy in the 22nd, after the end of the 2015 overhaul, it retired 2025, which means that it will exceed the service life of 5 years.
May 23, a fire broke out, the media have questioned the military has spent heavily to overhaul Does it still make sense in view of the “Miami” nuclear submarine “advanced age”, but the Pentagon stressed that, although the overhaul costs accounted for half of the cost of the submarine, but build a new submarine, the Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, the cost will soar to about $ 2.6 billion. (End)
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