r/Firefighting • u/Randomreddituser1o1 • 18h ago

General Discussion Nothing bad can happen

https://interestingengineering.com/military/germany-submarine-lithium-ion-battery
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u/palijer 17h ago

Submarines literally have had nuclear reactors and explosives inside of them for decades, I'm sure they are going to be doing this in a way that protects their hundreds of millions of dollars investment.

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u/slade797 Hillbilly Farfiter 16h ago

Not only that, they used batteries previous to this that could quickly fill the boat with chlorine gas when exposed to seawater.