<p>The ‘super-sub’ can produce oxygen and drinking water from seawater to keep its 98 crew members alive in time of crisis.<br /><br />More complex than the US space shuttles and able to circumnavigate the globe without surfacing, Ambush is 291 ft long, the same length as a football pitch, as wide as four double-decker buses and 12 storeys high.<br /><br />Its nuclear-powered engine can propel her at more than 20 knots, allowing her to travel 500 miles a day, reports the Daily Mail.<br /><br />And despite being 50 percent bigger than the Swiftsure and Trafalgar subs it will replace, Ambush is much quieter. Its propellers are the quietest ones, making less noise than a baby dolphin and undetectable to enemy vessels.<br /><br />Of course, that is if enemy vessels can get near Ambush. The submarine’s sonar and radar are so sensitive that it can detect ships a staggering 3,000 nautical miles away.<br /><br />It means that if parked in the English Channel, Ambush would know if a ship left the New York harbour. A true titan of the deep, the 1.2-billion-pound warship will be launched at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria Thursday.<br /><br />A typical patrol lasts 10 weeks, but Ambush could theoretically stay underwater for its entire 25-year lifespan.<br /><br />HMS Ambush will carry 38 missiles, a mixture of Tomahawk cruise missiles, which have a range of 1,240 miles, and Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes to target other ships and submarines.</p>
<p>The ‘super-sub’ can produce oxygen and drinking water from seawater to keep its 98 crew members alive in time of crisis.<br /><br />More complex than the US space shuttles and able to circumnavigate the globe without surfacing, Ambush is 291 ft long, the same length as a football pitch, as wide as four double-decker buses and 12 storeys high.<br /><br />Its nuclear-powered engine can propel her at more than 20 knots, allowing her to travel 500 miles a day, reports the Daily Mail.<br /><br />And despite being 50 percent bigger than the Swiftsure and Trafalgar subs it will replace, Ambush is much quieter. Its propellers are the quietest ones, making less noise than a baby dolphin and undetectable to enemy vessels.<br /><br />Of course, that is if enemy vessels can get near Ambush. The submarine’s sonar and radar are so sensitive that it can detect ships a staggering 3,000 nautical miles away.<br /><br />It means that if parked in the English Channel, Ambush would know if a ship left the New York harbour. A true titan of the deep, the 1.2-billion-pound warship will be launched at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria Thursday.<br /><br />A typical patrol lasts 10 weeks, but Ambush could theoretically stay underwater for its entire 25-year lifespan.<br /><br />HMS Ambush will carry 38 missiles, a mixture of Tomahawk cruise missiles, which have a range of 1,240 miles, and Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes to target other ships and submarines.</p>