Fire Jeopardizes SEAL Mini-Sub Program

December 10 2008

USA

The future of the Navy SEAL's mini-submarine program is in doubt after a serious explosion and fire damaged the craft last month, reports the Navy Times.

The Advanced SEAL Delivery Vehicle 1 (ASDS-1) was having its lithium-ion batteries charged on Nov. 9 at its base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when an explosion started a fire that burned for about six hours.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, according to a Navy spokesman.

The ASDS-1 was on the verge of...

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