British navy sacks nuclear submariners over cocaine use

Britain's navy has fired nine sailors serving on a nuclear-armed submarine after they tested positive for using cocaine, the country's defence ministry said on Saturday.The crew were from HMS Vigilant, one of four Royal Navy submarines which operate the Trident nuclear missile system.The Daily Mail newspaper reported that the sailors had failed drugs tests while the submarine was docked in the United States to pick up nuclear warheads and undergo work, and the sailors had been accommodated in ho