The corona virus pandemic, which started in China and spread to every corner of the world in three months, has taken more than 40 thousand lives so far.
However, there is a group that is not aware of the panic and quarantine conditions in the world.
With top secret nuclear deterrence missions, the crew of 20,000 leagues under the sea continues their duties unaware of the epidemic that ravaged the world.
According to the report in Sputnik, French officials stated that bad news was not given to the crew, who had to live life under the sea, under pressure, in a narrow space, closed for long periods of time.
“THE SUBMARINE NEEDS THIS INFORMATION”
So, before the corona virus turns into a crisis, the crew in submarines that left the harbor is probably unaware that they are struggling with a pandemic that threatens all humanity on land.
However, when they return, they will be informed first-hand by their commanders.
“They must not know before they can fully deploy themselves to their duties,” retired Admiral Dominique Salles, who commanded the French ballistic submarine fleet between 2003 and 2006.
Indicating that the seafarers will be informed on the last day of the mission as the mooring goes to the port, the French retired admiral said, “Those who are under the sea do not need such information.”
Salles, who also commanded the submarine named L’Inflexible, one of the nuclear deterrent elements of the French Navy, stated that “submarine commanders were informed about what was happening, but not all details were told to them.”
“THEY WILL NOT RETURN BEFORE THE APRIL”
There is also no official explanation as to how many France’s 4 ballistic submarines carrying 16 nuclear missiles were launched before March 17, when the country entered the national quarantine, and whether the crew was informed.
The submarines, each carrying 110 crew members, take 60-70 days. That is, the crew opened with a submarine at the end of February will not return before the end of April. When they return, they will find a changed world. There were 130 confirmed cases, 2 deaths on 1 March in France, more than 40 thousand cases and 3523 dead today.
Naval Spokesman Vice Admiral Olivier Ribard stated that “nuclear deterrence is kept in a bubble of secrecy and protection, it is impossible to know if the crew is informed.”
NO INTERNET, RADIO, TV
Speaking for 4 years as a doctor in a submarine named Le Triomphant, a military chief named Gabriel said that the crew will learn what’s going on as if learning history on the return:
“The only place that is disconnected from all information is under water. Even in the spacecraft, there is internet, radio, television, and not in the submarine. Only messages sent to the commander can be heard, and the commander filters those messages so as not to inform everyone. ”
THERE’S NEXT MORE HARD
Salles stated that the crew that will be sailing from now on will be in a very difficult situation, they will be worried about leaving their loved ones in the middle of the pandemic and quarantine, and they will be in constant wonder.
He pointed out that in this case, they would need to be given regular corona news, but in case of illness or death in the family, they would be kept hidden from them until they landed.
“HIDDEN FROM US AND WE HIDDEN”
The retired commander said that he received the news of his father’s death only after completing his 60-day mission, and said that he did not notify those at his disposal when Qaeda organized the Madrid bomb attacks in 2004:
“No matter how serious the incident, there is nothing that the submarine can do. It is better that he does not know anything, since he will not be able to do anything. They know and accept that they cannot know. It is included in this agreement. ”
The doctor stated that in 2012 three French soldiers, an Islamist extremist, killed a rabbi and his two little sons, when he caught and hit an 8-year-old girl, he was in the submarine and learned that it was only difficult to grasp the event when he landed and talked to people.
