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Saturday, 13 June_Fire has broken out and still raging onboard a French nuclear submarine docked at the Mediterranean port of Toulon, home to France’s largest naval base, while another French submarine test-fired a strategic ballistic missile amid the new US-initiated nuclear arms race.
Local authorities also insisted that the fire was under control, according to the report, which further said dozens of firefighters -- assisted by specialized teams and a firefighting ship deployed from Marseille -- responded to the incident on the Perle, which was docked at the naval base for repairs.
“The fire is under control. It will not spread, but it has not yet been put out,” said a spokeswoman for the Mediterranean prefecture on Friday as quoted in a Reuters report, further noting that no one was harmed by the fire and that no nuclear materials or weapons were on board the vessel.
However, no reason has yet been cited for the blaze on the 74-meter-long nuclear submarine that was launched in 1990 and began active service in 1993.
Meanwhile, a French defense ministry source was also cited as saying that Defense Minister Florence Parly would soon visit the Toulon naval base, which also hosts France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the nuclear submarines as well as other warships that escort it on its global missions.
Nuclear submarine test fires huge M51 ballistic missile
The French Ministry of Armed Forces said the Navy Le Triomphant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) "Le Téméraire" test-fired an M51 submarine -launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
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