http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Astute_(S119)#Grounding_incident"One month before the incident, HMS Astute's commanding officer, Commander Andy Coles, was speaking to the BBC: "We have a brand new method of controlling the submarine, which is by platform management system, rather than the old conventional way of doing everything of using your hands. This is all fly-by-wire technology including only an auto pilot rather than a steering column.""
Not very "astute", if you ask me :) Talk about laughingstocks.
Regards. Al
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