The fifth Astute-class submarine, HMS Anson, is now almost ready for deployment after her latest sea trials, reports the Royal Navy. The newest and most cutting-edge of the Navy’s hunter-killer submarines. The Astute-class of submarines is nuclear-powered and has advanced weapons and systems. They are the largest and most advanced British submarines to date. Each 7,800-ton, 318-foot (97-meter) submarine can be equipped with Tomahawk missiles to strike land-based targets from afar. They also have a stockpile of Spearfish torpedoes to knock out enemy submarines and surface vessels. These torpedoes can be guided by wire or controlled by autonomous active or passive sonar to provide deadly accuracy.
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