You'd never get me in one

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

So, the UK is building more nuclear submarines (pictured).

You'd never get me in one!

Granted, the living conditions and far better than they were in WW2, but you are basically in a metal tube waaaay underwater. No escape!

 

[LuvOrlando]

Is that really the factory? The factory looks like it is in beta, not so sure I'd climb in that either. I feel like if you are making something as serious as a nuclear submarine at least some of the stuff around it should be specialized and rounded, not repurposed painting scaffolding.

Maybe this is an old stock photo?

This is one in the US from 10 years ago
https://www.naval-technology.com/ne...5th-virginia-class-submarine-5685831/?cf-view

 

[frenchfryseagull]

My husband thinks submarines are great and would love to spend time in one. Me, not so much!! I'm not quite claustrophobic but the idea of breathing all that recycled air does freak me out a bit.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Is that really the factory? The factory looks like it is in beta, not so sure I'd climb in that either. I feel like if you are making something as serious as a nuclear submarine at least some of the stuff around it should be specialized and rounded, not repurposed painting scaffolding.

Maybe this is an old stock photo?

This is one in the US from 10 years ago
https://www.naval-technology.com/ne...5th-virginia-class-submarine-5685831/?cf-view

It appears to be from the photo reel from the BBC and Telegraph newspaper. It's an Astute class nuclear submarine.

I just keep going back to the Kursk and that IDIOT Putin. It was a tragedy, mishandled to a criminal scale. Apparently, the sailors who survived the initial blast wrote letters to their loved ones. Putin confiscated them. To this day, according to every report I've read, he STILL hasn't released them to their families.

 

[fla4fun]

I am not claustrophobic in general, but I think I would feel claustrophobic on a submarine. It’s not that I don’t trust the build (I mean, it’s not like I would be going down to depth in the Titan or something) but the idea of not having any access to the outside world, not even a window to look through or open for a bit of fresh air, that would bother me. Kudos to the military personnel who can tolerate it though.

 

[John VN]

So, the UK is building more nuclear submarines .....................................

UK nuclear submarine life ---

https://www.google.com/search?q=you...ate=ive&vld=cid:05d78acb,vid:XZbJYfyIoeo,st:0

 

[sam_gordon]

you are basically in a metal tube waaaay underwater. No escape!

But you're willing to put yourself in a metal tube waaaaay in the sky (30-35K feet) for hours.

 

[kanerf]

I would love to spend a few days in a sub myself, not that I would ever get the chance, but would not care for an extended months long cruise.

 

[BrianL]

I would love to spend a few days in a sub myself, not that I would ever get the chance, but would not care for an extended months long cruise.

Yeah, I mean, I could do a short little excursion in one, but a full tour of duty? No thianks. I always enjoy visiting some of the decomissioned WWII ones that you can walk through, like in Baltimore Inner Harbor. I definitely wouldn't want to live in it though!

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

UK nuclear submarine life ---

https://www.google.com/search?q=you...ate=ive&vld=cid:05d78acb,vid:XZbJYfyIoeo,st:0

I'll watch it later when I have more time, the only thing I have heard about the submarine service as of late is that a sad number of submariners are doing hard drugs...

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

But you're willing to put yourself in a metal tube waaaaay in the sky (30-35K feet) for hours.

I dunno why, but it doesn't sound as scary to me?

 

[Planogirl]

I toured an older submarine and how they avoid claustrophobia is beyond me. I got that feeling on Spirit (RIP) too though.

 

[fla4fun]

But you're willing to put yourself in a metal tube waaaaay in the sky (30-35K feet) for hours.

Well, not willing really. I did it twice to go to the UK because there weren’t any other options that could get me there and back with only ten days off work, but I was gripping the arms of the seat pretty tight. However, any place in the US (including Alaska, but not Hawaii), Canada, even Mexico, I will drive. Doesn’t matter if it takes a day or a week to get there these days I am just very uncomfortable and anxious during take off and landing (although the actual flight apart from that I don’t mind).

 

[Genie+]

I dunno why, but it doesn't sound as scary to me?

For me it’s because I can still do cartwheels down the aisle and know the confinement will be over shortly with a relatively large chunk of time before I need to repeat.

 

[bcla]

Is that really the factory? The factory looks like it is in beta, not so sure I'd climb in that either. I feel like if you are making something as serious as a nuclear submarine at least some of the stuff around it should be specialized and rounded, not repurposed painting scaffolding.

Maybe this is an old stock photo?

This is one in the US from 10 years ago
https://www.naval-technology.com/ne...5th-virginia-class-submarine-5685831/?cf-view

That’s what it looks like. I’ve been in an active hangar at a US Navy installation on a tour years ago. It was built around WWII but was just fine for the job decades later. There’s nothing wrong with scaffolding as they have to move it around.

But that photo was inside the BAE Systems Devonshire Dock Hall. Probably as advanced as Newport News or Electric Boat.

Here’s Electric Boat.

 

[sam_gordon]

Well, not willing really. I did it twice to go to the UK because there weren’t any other options that could get me there and back with only ten days off work, but I was gripping the arms of the seat pretty tight. However, any place in the US (including Alaska, but not Hawaii), Canada, even Mexico, I will drive. Doesn’t matter if it takes a day or a week to get there these days I am just very uncomfortable and anxious during take off and landing (although the actual flight apart from that I don’t mind).

I'm guessing if you HAD to get into a submarine for some reason you'd do so. I was just trying to point out that a submarine isn't much different from an airliner when it comes to shape, confinement, and ease of escape in case of an issue.

 

[Stargazer65]

Having spent years in a submarine, I can tell you I would rather go on a 12 hour submarine cruise than go on a 12 hour plane flight. In a plane you're mostly confined to your chair the whole time. In a submarine I could walk around, get my own cup of coffee, go sleep in my bunk, shower, etc...

 

[wabbott]

If you want a submarine fix, watch this old, fine Disney Classic: The Boatniks. 1970, directed by Norman Tokar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boatniks

 

[cheryl.UK]

I had a friend who was a submariner. It takes a very special kind of person. The selection process itself was brutal but the pay was amazing compared to a normal sailor's pay, as was the time off. They got 38 days annual leave plus 3 weeks off after every deployment which could have lasted. months. One year he had 4x 6 week deployments so ended up with 12 weeks + 38 days (7.5 weeks). He was also on light duty for several weeks after deployment. When not deployed he might only have to go into work 2 days per week and spent most of that just catching up on training. He also received a huge signing on bonus which was enough for a big deposit for a really nice house. It's a hard life but it has its benefits.

 

[anrew]

my claustrophobia would never allow me to step inside that thing. Honestly I agree completely, some rides are an absolute no from me too. The older I get, the less interested I am in testing my heart for entertainment. I recently looked through allegiant air reviews after hearing turbulence stories and realized I already get enough adrenaline from normal travel. Some people love those extreme attractions though. Definitely not for everyone.