1. Also in the fleet is a British submarine equipped with missiles. 2. A British submarine, the Splendid, fired an eighth cruise missile at another target outside Belgrade, they said, declining to specify where. 3. In London, Prime Minister Tony Blair disclosed that British submarines had fired some of the cruise missiles that hit Afghanistan. 4. It is due to reach the Kursk Saturday, but it is not clear if the British submarine will be able to make an airtight connection. 5. Pentagon officials said seven cruise missiles had been launched from American ships and an eighth was launched from a British submarine at an undisclosed target. 6. So far, the war has been almost entirely an American campaign, with the exception of two instances in which a British submarine fired Tomahawk cruise missiles. 7. The initial attack on Serbian positions was expected to be made with cruise missiles from U.S. warships and a British submarine in the Adriatic Sea. 8. A British nuclear submarine and the aircraft carrier Illustrious, an Australian submarine and Malaysian warships also will participate. 9. A U.S. Navy destroyer launched an unarmed Tomahawk cruise missile Wednesday on a test flight over Florida, a day after a British submarine tested the weapon. 10. After the Kursk disaster, some Russian naval officers speculated that the submarine had been involved in a collision with either a U.S. or British submarine. |