The British and French governments are being accused of covering up a recent collision between two nuclear-armed submarines in the Atlantic Ocean. The accident occurred on February 3rd or 4th but wasn’t publicly known until today. The British sub, the HMS Vanguard, was armed with sixteen nuclear ballistic missiles. The French sub was carrying a similar load. It is unknown whether the collision caused a radioactive leak. Kate Hudson of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament said, “This is a nuclear nightmare of the highest order. The collision of two submarines, both with nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons on board, could have released vast amounts of radiation and scattered scores of nuclear warheads across the seabed.”