The British Royal Navy is searching for Able Seaman William McNeilly after he leak an 18 - pageboy report call “ The Secret Nuclear Threat . ”
In the document , the submariner explain a extensive kitchen stove of insights relating to the UK ’s submarine operations , report The Independent . It cover everything from the mundane , such as food hygienics , to more worrying subject such as fluid mechanics failures that prevent submarines from launching missiles . In fact , he describe submarine floods during testing that would have pour down if they ’d bechance at sea , and writes that he “ learnt that HMS Vanguard is in the worst of the bad status . ”
Elsewhere , he claims that it’s“harder to get into most nightclubs ” than into sensitive persona of the Faslane sub base on the Clyde in Scotland . “ I ’ve gotten through a few times by just showing my pale white way key ; look nothing like a Green Area Pass , ” he write .
He also explain that alert on the UK ’s Trident nuclear submarine ’s missile control are often muted . “ I could sometimes try alarms on the missiles restraint and monitoring position while lying in seam , ” he writes . “ I afterward found out that I would ’ve been listen them more often if they had n’t tone down the console just to debar listen to the alarms . ”
McNeilly — who key himself as “ an engineering technician submariner for the UK ’s Trident IID5 strategic weapons system”—didn’t return from leave-taking on eleventh April . In a press acquittance , the Royal Navy explained that it is “ concerned for the whereabouts and well - being of Able Seaman McNeilly and is work closely with civilian police force to locate him . ” [ Independent ]
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