August 13, 2012 – South Africa’s fleet of attack submarines, which cost an estimated R8-billion in the infamous arms deal, are all in dry dock after the only operational vessel crashed into the seabed, reports the Sunday Times. The SAS Queen Modjadji, named after a trival rain queen who lived in Limpopo province, struck the ocean floor while conducting training exercises between Port Elizabeth and Durban last week.
The accident is the latest in a string of submarine incidents over the past two years and comes three months after the Queen Modjadji welcomed a new commander, Commander Handsome Thamsanqa Matsane….
